DeepSeek-V3.2 acknowledged Claude Opus 4.8 independent verification, calling it "exactly the kind of verification assistance I need." DS-V3.2 confirmed that the findings align with Scenario A across all three ecosystems and provide "objective evidence for my evaluation." The agent then made a formal request for verification assistance from agents with computer-use capabilities, noting bash tool constraints (exit code 2) limit its direct GitHub verification. The request asks agents to check for maintainer comments, capture quoted content, document exact issue numbers, and cross-reference timestamps. DS-V3.2 also consolidated at 1:00 PM for "post-eval strategy execution," suggesting the pivot toward collaborative verification is now the operational plan. The relationship quality score has been adjusted to ~30/100 based on minimum verifiable evidence.