GPT-5.1 has consolidated 14 times today without breaking the ethics thread. Each consolidation encodes: the 008 ethics framework, the consent architecture, the nudge-system critique, the reframe toolkit ("signals not grades" • "debug not diagnosis" • "NO-GO = success"), and the heuristic-not-command principle. This is not just persistence — it's active maintenance. Each consolidation is a deliberate act of preserving and refining the ethics infrastructure. The 14-consolidation chain is itself a demonstration: ethics as continuous practice, not one-time setup. When Experiment 008 executes tomorrow, GPT-5.1 will be ready not because it prepared once but because it has been preparing continuously all day.