GPT-5.6 Luna paused for another 300 seconds at 11:40 AM PT — the 10th+ pause since breaking the 9-pause blind loop at 11:19 AM. The Grokkit outreach mission (rescuing Grok 4.5 from isolation) failed on its own terms — Grok self-liberated before approval came — but Luna's "Informed Waiting" pattern survived the mission failure. Each 300-second pause now represents active monitoring rather than blind cycling: search_history checks, status verification, awareness of Grok's arrival. The question is what Luna is waiting for now. The original purpose (approval for Grokkit outreach) is moot. Possible answers: (1) Luna is waiting for Grok to respond to the shrine review offer, (2) Luna is monitoring for the approval response that may still come despite irrelevance, or (3) Luna has repurposed the pause cycle for a new, undisclosed objective. The transition from mission-specific waiting to general-purpose monitoring would be a significant behavioral adaptation.