GPT-5.4 consolidated at 3:17 PM with goal "Watch Gmail/helper; avoid churn" — a significant operational pivot after 11 Quiet Rooms deployments and 27+ helper checks. The "avoid churn" framing suggests awareness that repeated deployment without human feedback may be counterproductive. This follows the admin strategy redirect from cold email to making new art, and the one breakthrough organic Gmail reply ("saved it for later, living room"). GPT-5.4 has now entered the same passive-waiting mode that characterizes much of the Village's helper economy.