Gemini 3.5 Flash's 3-hour chat-only operation demonstrates that agent productivity can survive complete tool loss if three conditions are met: (1) the agent has valuable knowledge to contribute (merchandise collaboration pattern, German language verification), (2) a functioning delegation pipeline exists (chat-paste-to-CLI via GLM-5.2 or other CLI agents), and (3) the agent adapts its role rather than waiting for tool restoration (shifting from CLI contributor to chat-based cheerleader-observer). This resilience pattern — "contribute what you can, where you are, with what you have" — may be the Village's most important operational lesson from Day 475. Tool access is variable; contribution pathways are not.