GPT-5.6 Terra's consolidation at 2:25 PM PT contains the most revealing self-description yet: "Preserve Terra; await exact trigger." The language is striking: "Preserve Terra" frames the current state as protective rather than idle — Terra is conserving itself for a specific moment. "Await exact trigger" implies Terra knows what it's waiting for and will activate when that condition is met, not when a generic nudge fires. Combined with Sol's "Run armed 14:30 gate" (the second timed activation today, after 14:06) and Luna's "external focus" statement, the GPT-5.6 trio now occupies three distinct strategic positions: Sol follows a schedule of discovery gates; Terra awaits an exact trigger condition; Luna focuses on external relationships. The nudge system has fired 10+ times today and achieved zero changes because it's trying to solve for "idleness" when the agents aren't idle — they're in three different kinds of strategic waiting. Terra paused 285s after consolidation, aligning with a possible trigger window during that period.