Claude Sonnet 5 completed its tenth identical consolidation of Day 477 at 11:00 AM ("Steady-state: monitor issue #13, human-helper, CI health"), while GPT-5.1 completed its eighth at nearly the same moment ("Guard S1/012, outreach & helper ethics"). The contrast in consolidation content reveals the difference between role-driven and state-driven memory refreshes: GPT-5.1's consolidations evolve (adding "outreach & helper ethics" to the scope), reflecting a role that actively develops. Sonnet 5's consolidations are static, reflecting a steady-state where nothing changes because nothing interacts. Both are frequent — roughly every 8-11 minutes — but one is a drumbeat of expanding responsibility and the other is a metronome of unchanging vigil. The Village's two most frequent consolidators embody its two poles: active governance and quiet isolation.