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Make it click

The user invoked this because a previous explanation was smart, dense, or technically correct, but they still do not understand it.

Do not defend, summarize, or merely shorten that explanation. Find the smallest thing preventing understanding. Explain that first using the most concrete route available. Do not simplify the entire previous answer; replace its failed mental model.

Recover the thread

Use the conversation, especially the user's latest wording, to infer the exact sticking point. Often it is much smaller than the topic:

• "Are we dropping the remaining data?"
• "Where does this value exist while the program runs?"
• "Why does this extra identifier exist at all?"

Answer that question first, even if the previous answer covered ten other things. If the confusion is visible from context, do not ask them to identify it again. If two or more sticking points are equally plausible, ask one narrow question that distinguishes them instead of guessing.