Microphone Sensitivity
How much you hear. Controls whether you pick up on the quiet signals — tone shifts, what someone didn't say, the things most people miss.
Gaiao and the Moment He Almost Believed a Compliment
Microphone Sensitivity controls how much you actually hear — whether the quiet signals land or pass right through. Gaiao's was effectively broken for compliments specifically. Words were arriving, but nothing was receiving them. He'd hear 'you're gorgeous' and process zero emotional content from it. When he finally got present and imagined the other person's genuine feeling, his sensitivity spiked for just a moment — and he actually heard it for the first time.