The mechanics of conflict are a downward or inward loop. Each side wants the other to voluntarily concede to a concept or a social dominance of the other to feel good or bad about a topic or pairing, and neither side wants to. This itself is a -4. It has a way of becoming a -8 and superceding intelligence by suspicion of falsehood making it 8>9.

This is frequently paired with someone in a position of value, even if it is their own will that is valued by someone else, and someone else aggressively trying or hoping to organize or get them to trade it in a different way, or at all.

Sometimes it begins with an assumption, and the defender wants the offender to admit or accept that they are wrong, sometimes putting the offending situation to them repeatedly, even if it is slightly harmful.