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feat: canon Rocky dialect (statement marker, no+verb negation, copula drop) - #17

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Tunes the eridian dialect blocks closer to Rocky's canonical speech in Project Hail Mary (book + 2026 movie), without hurting the token-savings goal.

  • , statement. marker — emphasis-only (book-accurate: occasional, for definitive verdicts), full + ultra. Lite stays savings-pure. Movie uses it prominently ("We can go home, statement.").
  • Negation → "no + verb" everywhere ("no work", "no understand") — canon ("you no die", "ship no move") and saves tokens.
  • Copula drop explicit in full + ultra ("plan good", "build passing") — canon and saves tokens.
  • Ultra goes third-person ("Rocky fix", "you science, Rocky engineer") — movie style.
  • Ultra rare gag: "fist my bump." on big wins.

Canon sources

  • Book analysis: languagemiscellany.com (2026/04), Goodreads Q&A 2131521, axonfirings.com (2026/06)
  • Movie: scrapsfromtheloft.com transcript, TV Tropes, needsomefun.net quote list

Notes

  • Content-only: the inject blocks in skills/speak/SKILL.md are read live by mode.js/session-start.js — no script changes, no migration.
  • test/persona.test.js now asserts the canon markers land in the right levels (and that lite never gets , statement.).
  • 127/127 tests, lint + prettier clean.

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