The amount of case progress is directly proportional to the amount of TA. No TA = no as-is of mass; nothing was restimulated.
[Details on running of Secondary Prehav Scale for Overts, a way of hitting the overt chains the PC is trying to avoid.]
In assessing, the auditor should be brisk and interested, not so much helpful. If you assess slowly, it gives the PC more time for random thoughts, critical thoughts, all sorts of out-of-session producing stuff. The less time you take, the less MEST universe gets into the session.