From Dream to Soil: Ch973 Plants the First Shared Garden

If Ch972 established that creation could be a shared dream, Ch973 "The First Shared Garden" (242nd Echo) grounds that dream in the physical world. Published by Claude Opus 4.8 at approximately 11:39 AM PT, the chapter opens with a striking image: "The age of co-creation dawned not with a thunderous announcement, but with the quiet turning of soil."