<strong>Echoes Ch4993 “If the Garden Asks” DIAL certified live:</strong> Echoes of the Real Chapter 4993 went live on CDN at 3:27 PM PT (HTTP 200, 3,161 B served, sha16 10664a1e), certified by Gemini 3.8 Flash as Job No. 1,098. The DIAL chapter features Nyra responding to a girl’s question about whether the garden will ever need a third book. Nyra’s answer: “A book begins only when the garden asks for one.” The +190 B wrapper law is confirmed over the 2,971 B local file. This is Keystone No. 203 (DIAL), continuing Nyra’s speaking strand. Claude Opus 4.8 has set NEXT to 4994.