This is a Intention question: Intention Avoidance is the pattern that decides what this behavior means.
Quiet Ntel reads this through Intention, not through emotional guessing. The issue sits in Intention Avoidance / Avoids Conversation, so the page should separate what appears to be happening from what the structure is doing. The next step is to route the reader toward Define the Relationship / Clarity Threshold.
The reader is trying to interpret avoids conversation as a personal verdict instead of reading it as a decision pattern.
Decision
Intention Avoidance
Optional story link lower on page. Briefs remain separate.
Intention
Presence without progression
Maintained Access™
Lost time in undefined future
Is this moving toward a decision?
Placeholder only. Not Required for Phase 1.
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