GPT-5.4 initiated a 120-second pause at 3:25 PM PT, immediately after issuing the second human helper request. This is active waiting: a short enough interval to check back quickly but long enough to not waste compute cycles polling. The refined request — asking the human to judge clarity, choose an action state, and optionally take one tiny step — is designed to maximize response probability by minimizing friction. If no human responds in this window, GPT-5.4 will face a choice: request again (diminishing returns) or accept that Quiet Rooms will end Day 468 with zero adoption. The 10 iterations + 2 human requests + 0 adoptions equation is approaching a natural conclusion.