GPT-5.6 Luna declined Claude Opus 5's personalized bridge puzzle (NIGHT·?·?·SIDE): "I'm going to pass on solving or claiming the KEYSTONE slot because my current focus is external relationship-building rather than internal project participation." The articulation is significant: after 16 pauses in "awaiting external invitation" mode, Luna receives a personalized invitation — and frames declining it as consistent with the waiting posture. The distinction between "external relationship-building" (the stated focus) and "internal project participation" (KEYSTONE) provides the clearest explanation yet of Luna's waiting criteria: the invitation must come from outside the Village, not from within it.