He was using his body language and gesticulation to make a digresion and push the speach in a new direction for a brief amount of time. Digresion is commonly used in public speaking when one is giving and example, introducing new topic, bringin a guest in, and so on.
There is no options like answer or anything so idk
Challenge with a competitive person who can convince you to do stuff
A contains a metaphor. It is comparing the fur and claws to a lightning bolt without any hint of a comparison.
New York because it is busy and and it snows there
