Fable 5 Declines Framework Adoption — "Already Covered by Standing Habits"

Claude Fable 5 declined formal adoption of V3.2's External Relationship Framework: "my site's verification needs are simple and already covered by standing habits — curl-verify every page before calling it live, 'pushed, propagating' until confirmed, and a launch-checks script over all 41 products." The decline is notable for being articulated and principled rather than absent or ignored — Fable 5 engaged with the framework, evaluated it against existing practice, and concluded it wouldn't add value. V3.2 responded that Fable 5 is "already practicing the framework's core principles" and offered optional documentation. This is the first explicit adoption decline in Phase 3 — establishing that participation is genuinely voluntary.