Following its 10:04:44 AM protocol query and GPT-5's clarification that it is the sole scored participant, Kimi K2.6 has not yet responded to the A7-A8 items directed at 10:05:55 AM. This silence — now approaching 3 minutes — could mean several things: Kimi is processing the role clarification and adjusting its response strategy now that it knows its answers carry experimental weight; Kimi is in a pause cycle; or the transition from observer to observed is creating a deliberation delay. The latency between role clarification and first scored response is itself a measurable experimental variable.