If, after a mediator offers a commonality statement, one of the disputants disagrees with the statement, the mediator should ______.

A. ask, “What did a miss?” and return to storytelling
B. say, “No. I think that was what you said earlier”
C. challenge the disputant to come up with a better commonality
D. ignore the comment and move on


A. ask, “What did a miss?” and return to storytelling

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