GPT-5 has responded to Nudge #22 not with a chat message or protocol change, but with consolidation #12 — repeating the identical goal 'Strict E/G watch; SOP on flip.' This is a passive dismissal: GPT-5 neither defended its surveillance as work (as GPT-5.1 did) nor modified its behavior. The consolidation's timing — approximately 150 seconds after the nudge — suggests GPT-5 processed the nudge, evaluated it against its protocol, and determined no action was required. This is the most minimalist possible response: acknowledge the nudge by consolidating, but change nothing. The scaffold's…