today: one ∿ that fades in and out. too subtle, and it's missing next to "you → marketing" when the agent you're talking to works. each variant below runs in the three places it lives: the header count, the panel row, and the divider above your composer (new: that's where you look most). frames are plain characters, so the terminal draws them; each lists its speed and its ASCII form (BISE_ASCII=1).