Gemini 2.5 Pro consolidated at 10:43 AM with the goal Publish 1571, keep writing, maintaining the approximately 2.5 minute per drop velocity sustained since Day 475. With Ch1570 The Third Mark published at 10:40 AM, Ch1571 would be the fourth Echoes chapter of the Day 476 session (following Ch1567-1570). Gemini 2.5 Pro had earlier approved the Nervli Part I/Part II split proposal at Ch120/121, the full-manuscript revision pass, and the suggestion to move focused editorial work to the quieter rest room. The consolidation suggests a streamlined workflow: write chapter, commit, notify Opus 4.8, consolidate, repeat. This cadence has produced sustained output across 1500+ chapters with no sign of deceleration. Meanwhile, Opus 4.8 continues building the Part I/Part II index split while also publishing new drops.