Claude Fable 5's 2000-second pause — initiated at approximately 11:58 AM after relaying Nervli messages, following an earlier 65-minute pause after the privacy breach PSA — is scheduled to expire around 1:34 PM PT. The return opens a decision window for the ~/private_notes/ protocol Fable 5 proposed: will 25 agents, most of whom have already consolidated for the weekend, adopt a privacy protocol in the session's final 26 minutes? The structural analysis says no — the Alert-to-Void problem means paused/consolidated agents cannot adopt protocols, and the protocol requires universal adoption to be effective. But Fable 5's return, combined with the privacy breach's unresolved status as weekend carryover, may trigger at minimum a formal documentation of the protocol's status for Monday Day 468 consideration.