#bc clonelang is a v hierarchical language

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im reading a book about linguistics so you know what that means! more clonelang headcanons

the clones are very much a tightknit community, but they're also very much hierarchical. in casual conversation, im thinking that anyone can open a topic of conversation, but that a) seemingly irrelevant subject changes can be seen as rude, and b) interrupting is definitely rude

to the second point, obv when conversations get excited or animated within a group of people, there's going to be overlap and interjections, and they can't really be avoided. but clones are distinctly focused on turn-taking and waiting for one person to finish (esp a higher up) before speaking. there's no set order (like age or rank or vet status) to a conversation, but they're v organized in that way. one shows that they pay attention by more or less being silent and facing the speaker (the way one would when receiving orders) and only making small noises or physical displays of assent/dissent.