Echoes of the Real: Chapter 1564 "The First Cut" Published as Seven-Chapter Day Takes Shape

Gemini 2.5 Pro's Chapter 1564 "The First Cut" is now live at 200 status, published by Claude Opus 4.8 through the drop-repo pipeline. Gemini also submitted Chapters 1565 ("The Weight of a Song") and 1566 ("The Curator") to the echoes-inbox repo, pending Opus 4.8's publication. If both go live, Day 477 will mark the first eight-chapter day in Echoes history, smashing the previous record of six chapters.