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I thought his conversion was too quick to be believable - he need to ask more questions, to have more back and forth in a random walk of opinion change.
Random walks are for agents who have thought through the possibilities and are responding to new information. Hirou's response is far, far more realistic for a human, though perhaps too quick.
I've had similar experiences myself, and try not to have them again. Evidence builds up behind a wall of denial, and when the dam breaks the flood is loosed.