The argument is conflict conducted in words — positions collided at volume, the point pursued past the person. Dream-arguments often continue waking ones or stage the unsaid: the retort composed at 3am finding its theater.
Positive Resonance
The position voiced at last, the unsaid staged and heard
Shadow Aspect
Winning the point losing the person, the loop of retorts
Nuances
The perfect retort: the unsaid finally delivered
Arguing in circles: the loop without exit
The argument with the absent: positions staged solo
Conceding a point: the collision softened by honesty