The silence treatment is not neutral withdrawal. It is coercive control expressed as absence. Its purpose is to force the man to rupture his own dignity in pursuit of reconnection.
Step one is recognition: name the tactic without announcing that you have named it. The moment you ask, 'Are you punishing me with silence?' you have entered her frame.
Step two is stabilization. You continue your regimen — sleep, work, training, council. The Warrior does not pause the kingdom because the court has gone quiet.
Step three is boundary without theatre. One clean statement of availability
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