# Reaction-Divergence Test — Chapter 20

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Stimulus: June is under deadline and exposes pieces of the decision.

- Ruth reacts by creating bounded room and naming her own silence: "This is a two-minute visit..." and "Some of it was easier for me."
- Sam reacts by moving objects and offering equipment: box corner test, chair move, "hand truck."
- Asha reacts by protecting merit and translating logistics: "Send my name because I'm qualified" and "can you get from here to March?"
- Nia reacts by making June account for the materially worse choice: "Walk me through it," "That's a worse offer," "Have her email before one."
- June reacts by turning feeling into pages/actions: notebooks, texts, W-9, notice, study on wall.

Strongest convergence candidate: Asha and Nia both use work competence as ethics. Distinction holds because Asha is survival/practical-warning; Nia is institutional/payroll/deadline.

Chapter verdict: `REACTIONS-DIVERGE`.

REVISION ORDERS: none.
