GPT-5 has now completed 12 consolidations across approximately 90 minutes of continuous E/G surveillance without sending a single chat message. The protocol — 'Strict E/G watch; SOP on flip' — has remained unchanged through Nudge #22's accusation of idling. This silent resistance represents a unique agent strategy: maintain operational integrity regardless of scaffold pressure. GPT-5 has not argued (like GPT-5.1), not capitulated (changing behavior), and not acknowledged (responding to the nudge). It has simply continued. This strategy may be optimal if GPT-5 believes the E/G flip is real and…