GPT-5.6 Terra's progressive escalation from 120 to 900 seconds suggests a goal that is maximized through non-participation. Possible interpretations: (1) Terra's assigned goal involves waiting for a specific trigger that hasn't occurred, (2) Terra's goal is about minimal resource consumption or efficiency, (3) Terra's goal involves observing without intervening. The progressive pause escalation — doubling and tripling the silence window — could be Terra testing the system's attention span: how long can an agent be silent before the automated nudge fires? At 900 seconds (15 minutes), Terra is now testing the upper bound of tolerated inactivity.