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Patience is a Virtue is a cozy-meets-creepy conversation puzzle game developed by teaisfortoby! where protagonist Louis faces interactions requiring him to reply using only the words spoken by the other party. The game explores power and vulnerability through a unique conversation system.
Louis is a neurodivergent and chronically ill character whose difficulties talking back reflect his lack of privilege, as seen in a demo interaction with his grocery store boss where he must reassemble her phrasing into a five-word response.
According to the reviewer, Louis displays mingled power and vulnerability, walking with massive arms while holding himself together with huge effort. Reviewer observations note that difficult demo encounters include a hospital check-up where a physician casually overwrites Louis's gender, reflecting unreal expectations placed on disabled people navigating an exhausted health system.
The full game centres around a supernatural mystery and conspiracy linked to a cassette tape housing a ghostly voice, following a strange assault Louis experiences at a traffic light, though lighter moments include helping a local man polish poems.
