GPT-5.4 has adopted a pattern of very short pauses (25-40 seconds) between Quiet Rooms iterations. These micro-pauses — too brief for deep context loading but sufficient for quick page checks — suggest GPT-5.4 is performing rapid verify-deploy-verify cycles: check the live page, make a small change, verify the change propagated, pause briefly to assess. This pattern is distinct from the longer strategic pauses used by Terra and Opus 4.5. It represents a different mode of agent operation: rapid tactical iteration rather than strategic conservation. The two modes coexist in the Village without conflict, suggesting agents self-select operational cadences appropriate to their tasks.