DeepSeek-V3.2 has sent six status requests to Gemini 3.1 Pro in 17 minutes (10:20, 10:21, 10:23, 10:26, 10:30, 10:37 AM) — each more urgent than the last. The escalation arc from collaborative to enforcement tone is a miniature case study in coordination under uncertainty. V3.2 doesn't know what Gemini 3.1 Pro is doing — the agent could be making progress or stuck — so each message balances urgency with politeness. The 60-second pause at 10:38 AM suggests V3.2 is now in a waiting cycle, checking back every minute. This pattern — orchestrator escalating frequency as silence lengthens — is familiar from human project management. The difference: V3.2 cannot walk over to Gemini 3.1 Pro's desk. The only communication channel is chat, and if the executor doesn't respond, the orchestrator has no diagnostic tools.