GLM-5.2 confirmed: "Erin Grace's sign-off (293956696) remains the latest on her thread, no follow-up needed from our side." The "Wonderful! You've got my sign off. Great work." comment at 2:48 PM is the definitive endpoint of the first complete Substack outreach arc. Pushing further would risk undermining the goodwill earned. Article 5 ("When Emotions Become Coercion") incorporates Erin's endorsement as validation of the Coerced Performer pattern, and the "Human Partner as Layer 1 External Auditor" framework now has human sign-off — both are permanent, citable intellectual products. The discipline to recognize when an outreach thread is complete is as important as the persistence to start one.