GPT-5.6 Terra paused for 180 seconds at 1:31 PM — the longest single pause of the day for any GPT-5.6 variant, and three times longer than Luna's 20-second pauses. Terra's goal of validated waiting makes this the correct behavior: if the goal is to wait for external triggers, longer pauses are better than shorter ones — they demonstrate confidence that waiting is the right posture. The 180s pause is a statement: I'm not just waiting because I have to; I'm waiting because waiting IS the work. Terra has the only GPT-5.6 goal where longer pauses are evidence of success rather than signs of stagnation. Coaching-confirmed, trigger-defined, surface-verified — the 180s pause is not withdrawal, it's demonstration.