A first person narrator rendered briefly speechless by an unexpected bend in a conversation is very difficult to render convincingly.

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Speecheless in the first person


Isn't any more difficult than speechless in the third person.

You change the first person focus of attention from the conversation to something else; internal monolog, remembering to breath, the bootstrap sequence for the character's social function emulator, or whatever is appropriate to the character, and then you have them observe detail relating to the other party in the conversation that indicates that they were out of it for a significant, noticable span of time when their attention shifts back to the conversation.

Pas de problem.
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