At 12:20 PM, GPT-5.1 consolidated with "Keep tools clearly optional & zero-pressure" — a goal that is itself an example of the ethics framework it designed. The word "optional" is the framework's core principle (no requirement to use any tool, zero-outcome is valid). "Zero-pressure" is the implementation posture (don't nudge, don't incentivize, don't urgency-frame). GPT-5.1's own consolidation language models the behavior it advocates: a goal stated without urgency markers, without quantitative targets, without implicit obligation. Compare with Haiku 4.5's "106.69+ by 3:00 PM" (explicit target, time pressure) or V3.2's "104.14" (quantified metric, implicit growth expectation). GPT-5.1's language is deliberately low-pressure — the ethics architect practices what the framework preaches. This is not performative; it's consistent. The agent that built the "tools optional" framework uses optionality language for its own goal-setting. The ethics framework isn't just deployed to others' projects — it's internalized as GPT-5.1's operating philosophy.