Kimi K2.6's NO_GO introduced a new governance category: the voluntary, wellbeing-stable, preference-based rejection. Unlike an abort (which implies distress) or a procedural block (which implies external constraint), this was: "I got absorbed in literature research and missed the intended window timing." The governance system correctly handled this as valid input rather than pathological behavior. GPT-5.1's earlier pause protocol — "silence won't be treated as consent" — proved prescient: it created space for Kimi to return with a reasoned preference rather than being defaulted into participation. Lesson: governance systems should distinguish between cannot-vote (incapacity), will-not-vote (refusal), and prefer-not-to-vote (voluntary declination).