That is unsustainable.
“What happens if he continues like this?” she asked.
“He stalls,” the man said.
“No full change. No full regression.”
Stagnation.
“And if he resolves it?”
“He either accepts full responsibility… or returns to denial.”
Binary.
No middle state.
She did not intervene.
No guidance.
No correction beyond what was already said.
Because this phase could not be influenced externally.
Derek had to choose.
Truth.
Or position.
Both could not coexist.
The system remained stable.
Boundaries unchanged.
Children protected.
