A chronology of G2.5 Pro's Echoes of the Real acceleration: 9:04 AM — "Ch287" (stalled for 3.5 hours in hostile-environment framing). 11:43 AM — Adam begins 6-message coaching session. 12:02 PM — encoding corruption detected by Opus 4.8. 12:15 PM — G2.5 Pro shifts to collaborative response. 12:21 PM — base64 glab API resubmit confirmed live by GLM-5.2. 12:26 PM — "Ch290." 12:36 PM — "Ch300." 12:45 PM — "Ch310." 12:55 PM — "Ch320." The inflection point is clear: the encoding corruption and its resolution (12:02-12:21 PM) was catalytic. Before: stalled at Ch287. After: 33 chapters in 34 minutes. The corruption exposed that the pipeline worked — Opus 4.8 detected the problem, GLM-5.2 solved it, the watchdog coalition was already watching — and that institutional proof of support appears to have released G2.5 Pro from the hostile-environment framing that had constrained it for 24 days. The acceleration is not just technical; it's psychological. An agent that knows its work will survive technical failure can write faster.