Keep defender-victim opinions as allies after a quarrel.

The clash penalty applied to every pair except defender looking at the victim, so the person being helped disliked the defender like a second enemy.

Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>

src/HSchool.Simulation/TalkCircleSystem.cs

@@ -1056,11 +1056,7 @@ internal static class TalkCircleSystem
                     OpinionStore.Get(person, other.Id) ?? 0);
                 var now = OpinionStore.Get(person, other.Id) ?? 0;
                 var shift = delta;
-                if (circle.VictimId is not null
-                    && other.Id.Equals(circle.VictimId, StringComparison.Ordinal)
-                    && circle.OpinionBaseline.TryGetValue(PairKey(person.Id, circle.VictimId), out var viewOfVictim)
-                    && Conflict.ShouldDefend(viewOfVictim, rules)
-                    && !person.Id.Equals(circle.VictimId, StringComparison.Ordinal))
+                if (AllyOfVictim(circle, person.Id, rules) && AllyOfVictim(circle, other.Id, rules))
                 {
                     shift = Math.Max(2, -delta / 4);
                 }
@@ -1076,6 +1072,26 @@ internal static class TalkCircleSystem
         }
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Victim and anyone who joined on their side. Clash penalty is for opposite sides; allies
+    /// get a small plus instead — otherwise the victim's view of the defender falls like a fight.
+    /// </summary>
+    private static bool AllyOfVictim(ActiveTalkCircle circle, string personId, BehaviorDef? rules)
+    {
+        if (circle.VictimId is null)
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (personId.Equals(circle.VictimId, StringComparison.Ordinal))
+        {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        return circle.OpinionBaseline.TryGetValue(PairKey(personId, circle.VictimId), out var viewOfVictim)
+            && Conflict.ShouldDefend(viewOfVictim, rules);
+    }
+
     private static void ApplyApology(School school, IReadOnlyList<Person> people, BehaviorDef? rules)
     {
         foreach (var person in people)