That morning, people who hesitated about interrupting opened a conversation with short introductions. After saying hello, Ara and Jin went to their own work. Greeting first does not entitle someone to a reply, a long conversation, or closeness. This fictional choice leaves later conversation to each person's pace, without assuming that everyone's silence means the same thing.
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Could I offer a brief hello first, then let the other person set their own pace for further conversation?
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Gittin 62a:11–13 discusses ancient religious distinctions, encouragement during the Sabbatical Year, greetings, and festival rules. In the central paragraph, 12, Rav Hisda greets non-Jews first to avoid having to answer their greeting with a doubled shalom; Rav Kahana waits and replies in a different way. Paragraph 13 discusses greetings for the ways of peace alongside festival restrictions. The wisdom line paraphrases only Hisda's action: the text does not directly state a modern maxim that everyone should always greet first. Its ancient distinctions between groups and festivals are not applied as modern grounds for discrimination or as legal guidance. Jin, Ara, the new colleague's first workday, their hesitation, short introductions, and all dialogue are AI-assisted fiction. A greeting that demands neither a response nor intimacy is this story's separate modern interpretation.
