How to get someone to open up over text?

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So I'm texting this guy I knew from school. We talked a little but not a lot as he had to switch schools soon after. Well when he first left I fb him and he ended up giving me his #. We haven't talked in a long time but last night I texted. we talked a bit but now I'm stuck.I want to keep the convo going but I'm running out of ideas. He's a shy very insecure person, kinda closed off in general (I'm guessing because of stuff that's happened in his life) and can be hard to talk to sometimes. But I wanna get to know him and get him to open up but I don't know know how. I want to talk to him about our common interest-cooking but I'm afraid talking about that might make him upset because he's currently un able to pursue that like I am because he had to switch school. But I don't know what else to say.. I don't wanna ask a bunch of random questions and annoy him but I feel like most other things would be convo killers or annoy or weird him out... Ideas? Do you think I shouldn't talk about cooking?
How to get someone to open up over text?
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