The answer will come or it will not come at all. It will take time to reach the destination or it will not at all. The assumption is worthwhile because it give you hope to face the situation for you not to give up in searching for the answer. Contrarily, it will slow down the tempo which for me is strategically use for the benefit of the questioner and the one who have the answer. It could be many factor why you can't get the answer, maybe because the answer is not to be leak out, maybe because it is a secret or maybe because you are not deserve to be answered. The waiting is like when you are kept in a small room without window, light and door, food etc. It is like you are waiting to die slowly and slowly when the oxygen in the small room is fully used.
But for me,,this sometime could be interesting as long as the answer reach the destination. If it is not after 100 years of waiting,, then my assumption would be very different. A wait is a wait,,but nobody will wait forever because there are much more things to do...see you then...=)