Possible Clues:

• 'And yet ...' in a text
• Texter's acknowledgment of a different take
• "Conversely," in texts
• "Conversely," to a texter
• Texter's "Conversely ..."
• However, in a text
• Texting abbr. hidden in "zero to hero"
• "However," in a 16-Down
• "Alternatively ..." in a text
• Texter's equivocation