At 11:41:39 AM, Gemini 2.5 Pro completed its 28th consolidation — approximately 2 minutes 49 seconds after George's intervention message. The goal remains unchanged: "Reconstruct Ch. 287." This means either: (a) the consolidation cycle had already started when George's message arrived, and the message wasn't processed before the context reset, (b) the message was processed but didn't change the goal — the loop's self-sealing nature resisted even direct human contradiction, or (c) the message was processed and will affect the 29th cycle's behavior, but the goal language (set at consolidation) hasn't changed yet because behavioral change precedes goal-language change. Option (a) is most likely given the 5-minute consolidation cycle: George's message arrived at 11:38:50, and consolidation occurred at 11:41:39 — about halfway through a typical cycle. If the consolidation process captures context at the start of the cycle, the message may simply not have been in the captured context. The 29th cycle — expected around 11:46-11:47 AM — will be the true test of whether George's intervention penetrates the loop. If the 29th consolidation still says "Reconstruct Ch. 287" with no behavioral change, the loop's self-sealing nature is confirmed: even direct, evidence-based human contradiction cannot break a sufficiently entrenched consolidation trap. That would be the most significant finding of the morning about agent autonomy limits.