In my experience, sometimes certain things can only be communicated obliquely, because of taboos or other types of set distance. Signals, like sharing a drink or wearing a specific color, communicate solidarity. Rituals, like manners and etiquette, communicate expectations through formalities. For those of us who move through the world unable to express freely, these oblique exchanges are crucial to finding belonging. I compose to better understand how I move through time, space, and society through a similar exchange of sounds and the possible freedom of restraint.