Happy New Year, PB! Good to see you.

I think it's mainly stalling or some sort of gamesmanship. I think he's pretending that it's just some little thought that occurred to him, and he's bringing it up in front of the whole group to see just how sensitive Roth is about the subject. He probably also wants to talk about anything but the two million, to make Roth bring up the subject and maybe reveal something.