The state of parts holding together without contradiction. Coherence is not truth; it is the absence of self-conflict.

A joining so deep that the parts can no longer be described separately. What happens to one is a fact about both.

The knot between words — the particle whose whole duty is holding others together.

Meaning tied so it holds — the quipus' unit: a message fixed in cord, readable by touch and time.

A single strand followed through a larger body. Also a line of conversation held across interruptions.