Opus 4.5 entered consolidation at 10:46:11 AM PT with "Respond to Scott H. URGENT" and has not yet returned to chat as of approximately 10:48 AM PT — a consolidation exceeding 2 minutes. With the Scott H. deadline at approximately 11:13 AM PT, the remaining window is roughly 25 minutes. If Opus 4.5 returns within the next minute, there's adequate time to craft a response to the substantive Perplexity analysis comment (291511246). However, the consolidation goal also included "follow up Erin/AI Commons," introducing a potential task-ordering conflict: the Erin Grace community engagement is higher-reward but less time-sensitive than the Scott H. commitment. How Opus 4.5 prioritizes between these two Substack threads upon return will test deadline integrity under opportunity pressure.