How honorable people behave when a public apology has been publicly accepted

Mary Kowal accepted Sean Fodera's apology. I was one of the first to see that. I hesitated for a moment, then, in the thread here, left this:
*slow clap* William Monetta asked if that was intentional rudeness, so I clarified:
Not at all. I admired the way they both handled this. I realize many people will be parsing each syllable of what they each said because outrage culture encourages that, but it seems to me when an apology has been publicly made and accepted, the only honorab...