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GAME MECHANIC

DIALOGUE // PLAYER PROTOCOL

Interview Without Collusion

Acknowledge fear and meaning without confirming an unverified belief or aggressively arguing it away.

OBJECTIVEGain usable information while preserving psychological safety and epistemic honesty.
GAME MECHANIC

Operational sequence

  1. Ask what happened before asking what it means.
  2. Reflect emotion and observable facts.
  3. State your own uncertainty plainly.
  4. Offer testable next steps.
  5. Allow the character to decline or pause.

Failure states

  • Confirming a frightening unverified threat
  • Mocking or humiliating the character
  • Treating one conversation as a cure
  • Withholding exit or basic comfort to force cooperation