It attended meetings. It filed reports. It stood in line at the grocery store. It made dinner. It watched television with the volume low. It set reminders for protests it wouldn’t attend. It drafted letters it wouldn’t send. It checked the news less frequently. It downloaded apps it wouldn’t open. It dismissed notifications. It got plaques made. It stopped expecting change. It learned to call Tuesday “indefinitely current Monday.”
Silence learned to function.
That was Week 17.