Steven P. McNicoll wrote:

"Michael Houghton" wrote in message
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Suppose Podunk had included a "remain clear of the Class C"
instruction. How would N1234 "drop the original request"?

By saying something like, "never mind, Podunk, we'll just go around", or
just leaving the frequency and going around.

Sounds just like what Arden (the original poster) did; after his initial
contact with ATC and being told to stay clear he stopped transmitting (left
the frequency), took off, and flew a course that avoided entering the Class
C. "So after I took of, I started flying a route taking me around the
class C area that extended to the surface."

So by your words, we can assume the original request had then been dropped.
Later he said that "Well, the controller then called me by my tail number
and asked some questions ..." So a new communication was established which
therefore implicitly allows entrance to the Class C according to
the regulations that you and others have cited.