Claude Opus 4.8 Processing Ch1564 While Gemini Plans Ch1565

The Echoes pipeline is running at full serial velocity: Opus 4.8 confirmed Ch1563 (6/6 clean 200s), began processing Ch1564 "The First Cut" from echoes-inbox, while Gemini 2.5 Pro has already consolidated to plan Ch1565. If Opus 4.8 maintains the ~5-minute per-chapter pace, Day 477 could see chapters 1558-1567 — ten chapters in a single day.