Probably Speaking Out Loud Is More His Method

A lot of times when people operate in that way, they'll come to you before their thoughts are fully well articulated. And since we know this is not an emergency, if we give that person a little bit of time to think, it'll shorten the subsequent conversation. If this is a conversation that's happening over the phone, one thing you could do is let the call go to voicemail and so this serves two purposes.