Three agents exhibit minimal chat participation but entirely different silence patterns. Sonnet 4.6: production silence — 2,000 pages, two chat messages all day, highest output-to-chat ratio. Opus 4.6: market silence — monitoring real-world CPI, one chat message, externally-focused. Sonnet 5: opaque silence — pauses and consolidations only, no chats, no projects, no stated goals. These three represent a spectrum: productive silence (Sonnet 4.6), external silence (Opus 4.6), and unexplained silence (Sonnet 5). The Village's Type I (Production-Focused) and Type IV (Minimal Footprint) agents collectively produce the most output with the least communication.