A slow pull neither of you fully controls. You ground each other or drag each other under.
Undertow is the Third Entity that emerges when Drift meets Pulse. The relationship itself becomes its own character — shaped not just by your archetypes, but by how your energy styles interact. The same Third Entity can feel completely different depending on whether your energy styles are aligned, complementary, or different.
Drift meets Pulse to create the Undertow — a slow pull neither person fully controls. This entity shows up in friendships with a gravitational quality, where you ground each other without having to think about it. The dynamic is most visible over long periods: you slowly shape each other's habits, preferences, and worldviews.
Two people who process slowly can hold things underwater too long. By the time one surfaces with a concern, it has already calcified into resentment. The Undertow needs regular check-ins — not when something is wrong, but as prevention.
Both people share the same energy style. Communication is effortless but growth requires intention.
What works
There is a pull between you that neither fully controls, and because you both feel it the same way, there is no resistance -- just movement. You ground each other without having to think about it.
What causes friction
Two people who process slowly can hold things underwater too long. By the time one of you surfaces with a concern, it has already grown barnacles.
What to do this week
Set a standing check-in. Not when something is wrong -- just regularly. Do not let things sit on the ocean floor.
Energy styles naturally fill each other's gaps. The balance is organic but can become invisible.
What works
One of you pulls gently while the other holds steady. The undertow between you creates motion without chaos -- a current that carries you both somewhere new.
What causes friction
The steady one might not realize they are being moved until they look up and the shore is gone. Slow influence is still influence.
What to do this week
The one who tends to pull should ask: am I bringing you with me, or dragging you? The honest answer matters.
Energy styles contrast sharply. This creates the most friction — and the most potential for unexpected growth.
What works
You pull each other in directions neither would go alone. The current between you is unpredictable, and that is exactly why it works -- you end up in places neither expected.
What causes friction
When you care differently, the undertow can feel like drowning instead of swimming. One person's depth is another person's overwhelm.
What to do this week
Name your depth limit. Not as a wall, but as information the other person needs.
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