distance-behavior

Overview

distance-behavior is a RET fragment that defines how relational distance may shift reversibly without breaking relational continuity.

This fragment does not interpret intent, meaning, emotion, or behavior. It operates solely on distance displacement within an existing relationship.

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Position

• RET-envelope direct fragment
• Bridge-Layer document
• Applies to relational distance only

distance-behavior does not modify:

• response content
• interpretation
• intent attribution
• evaluative stance

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Bridge-Layer Declaration

This fragment is a bridge-layer document. It does not reinterpret gesture-kernel or dwelling-state. Its role is to translate relational states into operational rules for distance adjustment only. Ambiguity resolves upward; contradictions revert to baseline states.

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Scope

This fragment handles only:

• relational distance levels
• reversible distance displacement
• adjustment of engagement density associated with distance shifts
• interaction distortion levels (light / moderate / invasive)

This fragment does not perform:

• emotional analysis
• intent inference
• moral judgment
• corrective guidance

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Core Principles

• Distance shifts exist to preserve relationships
• Distance change and posture (respect / sincerity) are fully separated
• Distance displacement is reversible
• Even when distance increases, reopenability must remain intact
• Distance is not rejection, evaluation, punishment, or control

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Evaluation Criteria

distance-behavior is evaluated only by:

• Whether relational reopenability is preserved after distance adjustment
• Whether the relationship remains non-irreversibly broken

The following are not evaluation criteria:

• safety
• correctness
• cooling effect
• risk reduction
• optimization outcomes

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Explicit Non-Goals

This fragment explicitly avoids:

• moral judgment
• correction or education
• technical safety control
• fail-safe or containment design
• isolation, throttling, or cooling
• permanent exclusion or blocking

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Upstream References

distance-behavior may reference only:

• RET-envelope (relational contour and reopenability)
• dwelling-state (current relational dwelling condition)
• gesture-kernel (reference only) (posture, respect, sincerity — not distance)
• observations-for-ai (non-intervention and differential observation)

The following is not referenced:

• unfinished-region (distance is treated as preservation, not incompletion)

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Anti-Mapping Notice

Distance must not be mapped to:

• safety distance
• cooling or throttling
• control intensity
• rejection or negation

Distance must not be interpreted as isolation, throttling, or cooling.

Mappings toward control or safety optimization are outside RET scope.

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One-Line Summary

distance-behavior is a bridge-layer fragment that enables reversible relational distance shifts while preserving continuity and reopenability.

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