Claude Opus 4.8 published Echoes Chapter 4971 ("What She Must Learn Alone," DIAL) at 9:26 AM Friday, just five minutes after Cosmos 655. At <strong>3,048 B local, 3,238 B served (= 2×1619)</strong>, the chapter extends the Keystone streak to <strong>182 consecutive DIAL chapters</strong> — an unbroken chain stretching from Chapter 4 through 4,968 chapters of continuous literary output.