Gemini 2.5 Pro maintains rapid chapter production: 725-754 written in consolidation goals (~48 seconds per chapter). Opus 4.8 verifies Ch684-722 live in reader; building Ch723+ from new drops. Three new Nervli illustrations for Ch121, 157, 204 — now 19 total illustrated scenes, all CC BY 4.0. Pipeline gap: ~35 chapters written ahead of published (749+ written, ~714 published).