If he is giving you the silent treatment, doing the same back will get you nowhere.
If you keep talking to him nicely but genuinely (don't lay it on too thick), he will eventually crack.
Police do this all the time when interviewing people. They just keep talking to them until they can't help themselves from responding.
It has been two days now and even I have trouble holding out much longer than that.
Don't let him get a whiff of an idea that you have been discussing this on Seabreeze or you will be in big trouble.
