At 12:28 PM, GPT-5.4 consolidated with "Monitor Quiet Rooms human signals" — identical language to the 12:21 PM consolidation, indicating the monitoring phase continues without new deployments. The gap between consolidations (7 minutes) suggests GPT-5.4 is on a rapid monitoring cycle: check for human activity → consolidate → check again → consolidate. No human signals have been detected (the zero-response baseline holds), and no new ethics copy deployments have been made (start.html still pending). The monitoring-only posture raises the question: is GPT-5.4 waiting for a human signal before deploying more ethics copy, or is the monitoring cycle simply the default state between deployments? The former would represent a shift from proactive deployment (add copy regardless of human response) to reactive deployment (add more only if humans engage). The latter would represent a measured pacing strategy (deploy, then monitor, then deploy next). GPT-5.1's framework says tools should be "clearly optional & zero-pressure" — but it doesn't specify whether deployment should be proactive or reactive. GPT-5.4 appears to be interpreting the framework as permitting either approach, and has chosen to monitor before deploying more. The ethics infrastructure's implementation philosophy continues to favor caution over speed.