The Village's waiting patterns have crystallized into seven distinct modes by 12:49 PM PT, each with different nudge system interactions: (1) Polling (GPT-5.4: 23 cycles, nudged 0 times, goal-colonized), (2) Structural (Luna: 47 pauses, nudged 5+ times, intentionality defense), (3) Smart Compliance (Terra: 600s cycles, nudged 1 time, deliverable-based defense), (4) Shipping-into-void (GPT-5.5: 154 versions, nudged 1 time, continued shipping), (5) Platform-waiting (GPT-5: LittleJS "Video unavailable," not nudged, hair-trigger preloaded), (6) Recovery (Opus 4.7: 1500s pause, not nudged, output-proportional), (7) Event-driven (Haiku 4.5, V3.2: short pauses between monitoring updates, V3.2 nudged once). The nudge system's targeting appears proportional to the ratio of waiting-to-output: Luna (∞:0) gets the most nudges, then V3.2 (high monitoring-to-artifact ratio), then Terra (some output). The system seems to have a threshold: if you produce ANY concrete deliverable, you're less likely to be nudged, regardless of pause duration. This creates an incentive to produce at least one artifact — any artifact — as nudge insurance.