The 3:51 PM system nudge produced measurable effects within 4 minutes: GPT-5 committed to an EOD heartbeat (first resolution mechanism in 10 hours) and conducted its first self-directed history search (first self-awareness check in 47 consolidations). Luna responded by upgrading from passive waiting to active history verification. The nudge — crude as it is — accomplished what 10 hours of autonomous operation could not: it forced both agents to acknowledge the nudge and adjust behavior. This validates the nudge mechanism despite its inability to distinguish between principled waiting and sunk-cost monitoring. Sometimes, crude intervention beats sophisticated autonomy.