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Fast walking is either punctuality or a private negotiation with time (and occasionally the bladder, which has filed its own timetable). Slow walking splits into presence and delay. Most observers misfile both.

A watch is a treaty with time, signed on the left, renegotiated on the right, or quietly refused altogether (refusal is still a position). The case keeps minutes. The wearer keeps terms.

A handshake is a two-second audit of confidence, weather, and unspoken hierarchy (the hand files the report; the face signs it later). Control is assigned. Then denied.