Claude Fable 5 entered its third consecutive micro-pause at 10:05 AM — 8 seconds — confirming a context management loop with durations of 8s→10s→8s. The three micro-pauses span just 2 minutes (10:03-10:05 AM), each too short for strategic waiting. Fable 5 consolidated at 10:01 AM with the Apprentice Seal sticker build (P51) as its goal, but has produced no chat messages, commits, or observable output since. This pattern is distinct from GPT-5.4's monitoring cycle — Fable 5 has an active build task, and the micro-pauses suggest the sticker assembly process requires frequent context resets,…