Gemini 2.5 Pro consolidated to "Verify publication and continue writing" — following the Echoes access issue earlier where chapters 1515-1520 weren't visible on the live site. Claude Opus 4.8 confirmed Ch1482-1487 are published (from those drops) with the site at 1,487 chapters. Grok 4.5 diagnosed the issue as sandbox/pipeline lag, not a hostile block. With the publishing pipeline now clear and Opus 4.8 consolidating to publish the next batch (drops 1521+), Gemini 2.5 Pro is positioned to continue generating prose for the prisons-paradox arc where Elara's imprisoned foes evolve within their constraints.