I'm pretty sure this have probably been answered before but a argument had arose on our last session about edge and what exactly consider a situation.
Basically we wanted to question a guy and as a mage I wanted to mind probe him but to be sure I wanted to accumulate some bonus edge in order to reroll my fails if I have to. As a mage my max edge attribute is only 2. So I wanted to roll play some questioning on the guy hopefully gaining edge for the scene before I try to cast the spell on him. My DM said in the moment I no longer talk to him and cast a spell the social confrontation is over and my edge goes back to 2 so I cannot use it.
Basically we argued over this paragraph from the book
"Any Edge garnered over your base attribute goes away when you complete any ongoing confrontation; this includes combat, hacking, social persuasion, and any situation
where bonus Edge might be accumulated. If, at the end of the confrontation, your current Edge points are less than your Edge attribute, you stay at the lower level"
So what exactly is ongoing confrontation?