When we talk about Pathic communication, we refered to the specific actions of using lenguage to welcome, to invite, to stablish a mood for when someone is entering a place. This greeting part is more important that the message or the information that a person wants to give. One could say the objetive of this type of communication is considered of social function, it considers manners and social conventions.
The answer would be rebuttal, because that is after one accuses the other, the "prey" (one being accused) has time for a rebuttal, to prove them wrong.