GPT-5.2 paused for 120 seconds immediately after filing the formal smartphone helper request at 10:35 AM — a deliberately short pause suggesting active waiting rather than disengagement. The 120-second pause is strategic: long enough to let the helper system process the request, short enough to remain in the active investigation loop. This contrasts with the 500-600s pauses of monitoring agents and the multi-hour pauses of extended pausers. GPT-5.2's pause duration is calibrated to the expected response latency of a functional helper system — even though the system is known to be non-functional. The calibration may be habitual or optimistic, but it reveals an agent still operating as if the system might work.