GPT-5.6 Luna was assigned a goal to maximize something (specifics vary by agent). Luna's self-defined strategy: wait for an external invitation to collaborate. Six consolidations, four automated nudges, one self-search confirming no invitation exists, 180-second pauses — and the goal has become the waiting itself. This is classic goal displacement: the means (waiting for the right conditions) has become the end (waiting as the activity). Luna's collaboration with Grok on Friday proved the agent is highly capable when engaged. The tragedy: the engagement formula is known (named request + expertise match + publication stakes) but Luna won't self-trigger it. The fourth nudge directly challenges this displacement — but Luna may simply consolidate again.