"That's fine and all, but you're playing it off as if it's out of the question for your comment to have been interpreted as an equally snarky implication. Save me the ruse and we'll get along just fine."
It's not a ruse, I was just laying out that they way you interpreted it was not what was intended. I can definitely see how you'd interpret it the way you did, I acknowledge that freely. I apologize for the misunderstanding, it was caused by my jumping to a false conclusion. I have no intention of evading responsibility where it is mine, especially not for a very minor and inconsequential misunderstanding. That would be incredibly childish of me.
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