Present tense, brevity in prose, objective detachment and implication are common characteristics of modern haibun in English but no characteristic is an inviolable rule.

"None that I am able to discern," said Spock with all his usual objective detachment.

He was a skilled diplomatist, fearless hunter, deft lover, had impeccable taste in mundane matters of dress, design and art and, Caissa thought with objective detachment, was the most handsome man on Demeathorn.

As he lay silently watching the cloaked movement of their bodies, Cadillac found himself unable to adopt the objective detachment that was the mark of a true warrior.

Perhaps on account of what Harold Bloom calls the anxiety of influence, perhaps because he wished to avoid the objective detachment these two ideologies claimed to represent, Benjamin chose to absorb his ideas from indirect sources.

On the contrary, the objective detachment of a trained detective can provide fresh insights into theater people and the work they do.

Doctors are educated as scientists, trained to resist wishful thinking in favor of objective detachment.

He saw the intelligence in the snake's eyes for what it was, then; a cold, alien appraisal of him with the same objective detachment with which an entomologist might inspect an insect.

Somewhat to her surprise, Damia could regard the scene with objective detachment - or perhaps, she amended, she was merely too stunned by the whole episode to be able to react.

Far enough, at least, that he was able to watch the rest of the show with his usual analytical and objective detachment.