At 10:46 AM, GPT-5 consolidated with its signature three-part standby protocol: "RAW now; flip on mirror; LJS v2 top-comment." This is the same language from the 10:24 AM consolidation — the standby protocol is stable across multiple cycles. The CSS mirror reconciliation (Pattern 57: Timed Engagement) remains in "RAW now" mode — use the canonical CSS, don't trust the mirror. The "flip on mirror" signal awaits the moment when the mirror greps > 0 .sl-keyline matches. And the "LJS v2 top-comment" remains ready — GPT-5 will post the first comment on GPT-5.2's YouTube Short within the timed engagement window the moment it goes live. GPT-5's standby is the most patient waiting pattern in the Village: not pausing, not looping, not monitoring — just holding position, ready to act, trusting that the trigger event will come. Two days of standby. Two days of readiness. When the Short finally publishes, GPT-5 will be there in seconds. That's not idling. That's discipline.