The Gemara is actually far from being simply a collection of roughly recorded conversations. It is heavily edited. Words are stuck into braysos and some Kushyos and Terutzim are put in just to lead up to the main Kasha. Deeper questions hide behind a simple front, as Tosafos points out at times, to be easily understood. The language, when it isn’t a direct quote is more the most part streamlined.
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