The shadow of Colloquial
Stilted → Colloquial
You speak correctly and reach no one.
Left of the triangle · Stilted
You speak correctly and reach no one.
The Anti-Law of Silence — Full, and unheard.
Right of the triangle · Colloquial
The gem made of the same mineral as her own bones — mastery spoken in common language.
I speak so plainly that what I know becomes common ground.
How to move over
- 1Name it without shame: today you were standing on stilted.
- 2Say the law once — The Law of Passage — and bow to it. That bow is obeisance.
- 3Do one small thing only colloquial would do, inside the next hour.
- 4Put on the robe: carry Blue Apatite for the rest of the day as the sign you switched sides.
The switch of the whole day
- — Open the channel — send the message today.
- — Speak in their language, not your shorthand.
- — Stay in the conversation past the awkward part.