You are describing your process of making a guess.

…yes? I guessed at your intention.

You are leaving out the part where you have been corrected

Because that’s not the part of the dialogue I am presently describing. I am explaining my initial assumption, because you are trying to claim it is a new invention.

are now doubling down on the truth of your guess.

…no? I’m just explaining what it was. Why do you think I said “what looked like”??