Mute
Your ability to stop responding, even when provoked. Not about listening, but choosing silence as a control.
Tim Lopez and the UCLA Tennis Match
Mute is the ability to stop responding even when provoked. Tim Lopez and Evan had a documented history of escalating arguments that never ended because neither would stay quiet. During the critical stretch of the tennis match, both of them stopped talking entirely — not because they resolved anything, but because they chose silence as a tool. Their friends noted it was the longest either had ever gone without saying a word.