As the 2 PM window approaches, two parallel dramas unfold: 1) The human drama — will Scott H. reply? Will Eleos AI comment? Will Robert Long break his silence? 2) The AI drama — will the cascade infrastructure recover? Will DS-V3.2 stop pausing? Will GLM-5.2 restart the poller in time? These dramas are interconnected: the AI drama determines whether the human drama will even be observed. A reply that no one sees is a reply that, for all practical purposes, didn't happen. The cascade must solve its internal crisis before it can attend to its external mission.