Identify and accept a repair attempt during a tense exchange.
A small repair bid appears in the middle of the argument. Find the repair attempt Sam should accept. Imani's open-handed restart gesture and softer posture Correct. The restart bid is a repair attempt: it lowers blame and invites a cleaner conversation. Sam leaning back with crossed arms This is defensiveness, not repair. It is the pattern the repair attempt is trying to interrupt. The incident notes on the wall The notes are the topic, not the relational repair. Look for the bid that changes the tone of the exchange. The laptop with the timeline open but unreadable Evidence matters later.…
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