Shiren 1 DS:Silent

Silent;
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	EnglishJapanese When you are silent, your mouth disappears, leaving you with the following effects: ; You can't read scrolls; You can't eat; You can't use special abilities; You will recover when you get to the next floor.
Information
Turns	∞ on current floor
Effect	Negative

Silent (Japanese: ???) is a Status Abnormality in Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer.

Effect on Shiren

When attempting to interact with other entities.

When attempting to eat or read Scrolls

When Shiren has been struck 'silent', they lose the ability to use their mouth and therefore cannot:

Consume any edible items, such as Herbs, Riceballs and Monster Meat
Read any Scrolls.
Talk to Characters or Shopkeepers, making it impossible to buy or sell items in a shop.

In function, the 'Sealed' status also inflicts the effect of the 'silent' status on Shiren'

Get hit by the magic ability of a Skull Wraith with the sealing effect.
Get hit by the magic bolt of a Sealing Staff reflected back at Shiren by an Air Devil Family Monster.

If affected though the 'sealed' status, wait 35 turns for the effect to wear off.
If affected by reading a Scroll of Silence, move to a different floor via the stairs or by triggering a Pitfall Trap.
Be transformed into a Monster by the magic ability of a Skull Wizard with the transform effect.

Only when affected by a reading a Scroll of Silence causes the 'silent' status to appear in the top menu. When the effects of this status are caused by the 'Sealed' status, this does not appear.
The 'Silent' status is included in the effect of the 'Sealed' status, but when Shiren is silenced, they are not sealed. The difference is that Shiren can successfully swing Staves while silenced, but not while sealed.
The 'Silent' status is one of the reasons why unidentified Scrolls are recommended to be read at the end of a floor in The Final Puzzle.
Despite the description of the 'silent' status stating that 'your mouth disappears', Shiren's mouth is clearly visible when being attacked, and in many other sprites while effected by the 'silent' status.

Language		Name
English		Silent