Interesting, or at least soothing... Combining the unreal with the "real" to make it "soothing". It's not enough to be interesting...
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Ritual. What of it?
"This complex system was understood in its entirety only by Sourdust - the technicalities demanding the devotion of a lifetime, though the sacred spirit of tradition implied by the daily manifestations was understood by all."
Gormenghast

I suppose there's something about ritual which is soothing. But what?

Knowing it's "right", without having to bother actually thinking about it. How nice to shrug off responsibility and instead defer to some unknown other.

Anything else?
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Short flim clip of people/person's who think they're talking to someone, realize they aren't, and then decide to continue with just pretending someone is listening.
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Avoid saying who's doing the talking as much as you can without giving the reader extra work. (And of course unnecessarily saying who said what is also extra work for the reader to skim over.)