Thank you — the narrator was the feature I was most uncertain about shipping, so that framing means a lot.

On emergent behavior: in practice, tension tends to escalate then plateau rather than resolve. Agents don't "make up" — they find a cold equilibrium. I've watched scenes run for 40+ turns where two agents just stop addressing each other entirely, which felt more realistic than a forced resolution.

The atmosphere bars (tension/warmth/noise) were my attempt to surface that arc visually without interrupting the scene.