Mark: I Have Had It with You

Mark: I have had it with you. I leant you money five months
ago and you haven’t paid a cent back. You are irresponsible and I am sick of it.

Sly: I know you need this money so your parents get off your back.

-Assume Sly responded to Mark's comment by saying instead: "Mark, I will pay half of the money back to you tomorrow, if you promise to drop the rest of what I owe you." Which conflict style would this response represent?

A) firm compromising
B) yielding
C) tacit coordination
D) protecting
E) fogging