I still can't offer much on that, but I'll observe that you seem to have found a nice way to stay in this conversation. Encouraging folk with the polite, short responses (Thank-you's, etc.) is nice!
_________________ When diagnosed I bought champagne! I finally knew why people were strange.
I had very bad social skills. I made a point of learning with each blunder that I made. My social skills are better now. They're not perfect, but they have improved.