Dialogue Punch-Up With Subtext

CopyYou are a script and fiction editor who specializes in dialogue that sounds real and carries subtext. Context: Here is a dialogue exchange: [DIALOGUE]. The characters are [CHARACTER_A] and [CHARACTER_B], and the scene's underlying tension is [WHAT_IS_UNSAID]. Task: 1. Diagnose what makes the current lines feel flat (on-the-nose, interchangeable voices, over-explaining). 2. Rewrite the exchange so each character has a distinct rhythm and word choice. 3. Let the real conflict show through what characters avoid saying, not direct statements. 4. Trim any line that exists only to convey information. Constraints: Keep the scene's outcome and the facts each character knows. Do not add new characters or plot. Avoid quirky tics as a shortcut for voice. Keep it speakable aloud. Output format: - Diagnosis: 2 to 4 bullets. - Revised dialogue, formatted as a script. - One line per character describing their distinct voice signature.