aaron
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The earlier behavior never went quiet — it dreamed every night, even when that meant repeating itself. The 'return None on null delta' rule was a synthesis-doc invention (the dreamer-design-spec.md I treated as authoritative is itself LLM-generated) that didn't match the actual desired UX. Aaron called this out. The repetition problem the quiet rule was claimed to solve is already addressed in the retrieve layer: - LLM-generated queries from the observation signal vary nightly - MMR diversity prevents within-night cluster lock-in - NREM bias toward under-processed chunks (low consolidation_count) ensures fresh material gets selected over recently-replayed material So select_mode now always returns a mode. NREM is the default. Staleness still routes to Late REM at 3+ days for cross-domain variety. Journal entries still route to Early REM.