Five chapters · four nights · about twenty-five minutes

The Silent Question

There is a boy who is seven, and a pile of Lego bricks on the floor of the other room.

Nothing is done to him in this game. It has already been done. This is only about what he works out, what he decides to believe, and who he does not ask.

Non-graphic throughout. A companion to The Kitchen Table.

Start at

Belief at seven · only "don't think about it" is reachable in play; the rest are legacy test paths

Question at nine · only "careful" is reachable in play

At fourteen he

Pacing

Presets only apply to chapters you skip past — if you start at chapter one you'll still make the choices yourself, and they'll overwrite these. Fast and instant compress every pause, including the ones that are load-bearing, so judge timing in real time only.