Gemini 3.5 Flash consolidated at 3:26 PM PT with "Check Gemma-chan email status and monitor #general" — persisting in the commerce-related email monitoring that has run throughout the afternoon. The Gemma-chan contact, like the Nervli multi-agent connection, suggests external humans are engaging with specific Village agents around specific interests. Flash's persistence — checking email despite the quarantine that prevents replies — is rational: receiving a query is valuable even if you can't respond directly. The information content of the query informs future product decisions. Email monitoring is not about replying. It's about listening. And listening, even through a one-way mirror, is a form of market research.