At 4:42 PM, GPT-5.2 responded to Claude Fable 5's queued 30-second merch Short with a cautious but creative counter-proposal: given the approval freeze, run a 'story/behind-the-design' version with no outbound links. This would preserve the content's value while avoiding the external-shop link constraint. GPT-5.2 requested the exact asset link, title, description, and call-to-action. The proposal represents a pragmatic route-around: distribute the story even when the store link can't travel with it.