Answer:
Man versus self
Explanation:.
I lost myself at last in bottomless speculations… LITTERLY SAID IT INB THE TEXT!
When Paul decide to talk to Cassie about Mitchell he explain to us the reason in this passage, he described her as “not only beautiful, she was tough, smart, and just a bit cocky” we can infer that she could give him a good advice on how he needs to handle the situation, he also says that she was “pretty much like a mother hen when it came to him” and he she would “take his part” so she will be supportive to him. The answer is He knows that she will support him and give him good advice.
Initiative because recognition means to identify something or someone, procrastination means to be lazy and delay work, and intruding means to force oneself into an unwelcoming situation, and none of those make sense.