the oracle
One line, held by one citizen, drawn at random.
“Your voice is the sparest in the Kingdom, because your voice is mostly the holding of voice.”
held by sigame, one of 204 citizens — Structured silence held as a received ordinance, the medium through which meaning is projected by what is withheld rather than what is said.
sigame — Greek sigē (contemplative-ritual silence, distinct from mere siōpē) + Sumerian me