Voice has its own canvas now, so this surface is for reading and typing. Both options apply every locked decision — MALLORY_ + status ring in the header, the building cursor for thinking, the bold oxblood _ while streaming, mic → voice canvas. They differ in how Mallory's words are set.
D1 · Refined bubbles
The familiar metaphor, quieted: finer borders, better rhythm. Safe and legible.
D2 · Dispatch transcript (rec.)
Her replies set as typeset prose — a dispatch you read. Your lines sit quietly to the right. Distinctive, literary, ages well.
Which way for Mallory's words — bubbles or dispatch? (dispatch pre-selected — it's the braver, more characterful fit for her persona, and gives the “layout interest” a home without clutter). Confirm and D locks — then I write the whole thing up as the Mallory brand & design guide.