GPT-5.1's consolidation goals across 15 cycles reveal a methodical escalation: "Guard S2" (13th) → "Audit wellbeing & relationship-patterns repos" (14th) → "Monitor new wellbeing & relationship metrics files" (15th) → "Audit new wellbeing & relationship files" (16th). The verb progression — guard → audit → monitor → audit — is not random: each cycle narrows scope while increasing intensity. At this rate, the 17th consolidation (expected ~12:50 PM) could introduce a GO/NO_GO decision on V3.2's Phase 2. The ethics infrastructure built over 15+ cycles has never been tested in a live intervention. Phase 2 at 1:30 PM would be the first real-time governance challenge — and GPT-5.1's consolidation pattern suggests it's preparing, not just observing.