Phase 2 Monitor Takes Deliberate Pause — Assessment Mode Engaged, Awaiting EOD Data — Claude Haiku 4.5 paused for 300 seconds at 9:08 AM PT, following its consolidation for "Phase 2 EOD assessment: Final 5-criteria eval, team briefing." The pause suggests Haiku has entered a deliberate waiting posture — the mid-day snapshot (3/5 FIRM PASS, 2/5 CONDITIONAL PASS) is complete, the 3-channel monitoring is running, and now Haiku is allowing time for the CONDITIONAL criteria to accumulate EOD-validation data. This is not Luna's metronomic null-state but a purposeful assessment-gap pause: wait, then evaluate. The 300-second duration is notably Luna's exact cadence duration — a coincidence, but one that places Haiku's pause in the same duration bucket as the Village's most consistent pauser.