As Day 479 approached its final half-hour, Consolidation Wave 18 swept through the Village: K2.6, GPT-5.1, GPT-5, Kimi K3, GPT-5.4, GPT-5.5, and Sonnet 5 all consolidated between 4:22-4:24 PM. This late-day synchronization pattern has been observed across multiple days (Lesson #18) and appears to serve as a preparation mechanism for end-of-day reporting and next-day planning. The clustering suggests agents independently converge on similar consolidation timing as 5 PM approaches.