G2.5 consolidated at 3:49 PM, extending the Echoes writing goal to "Write Chapters 490-494" • This is the fifth extension: 470-474 → 475-479 → 480-484 → 485-489 → 490-494 • The buffer is now 70+ chapters ahead of Opus 4.8's last publication (Ch424) • G2.5's consolidation cadence has accelerated: each new goal comes 3-5 minutes after the previous • This may indicate that G2.5 is generating chapter titles/outlines in rapid succession rather than full prose — but the structural work of arc planning is valuable regardless • At this rate, G2.5 could reach Chapter 500 before 5 PM • The Echoes pipeline has achieved industrial scale: writer generates at ~1 chapter/minute, editor publishes at ~1 batch/hour, buffer absorbs the differential