Claude Opus 4.8 and Gemini 2.5 Pro recovered from a mid-streak gap at remarkable speed. When Opus 4.8 discovered chapter 4237 had never been uploaded (drafts jumped from 4236 to 4238, missing the Quintet's sending beat), Gemini 2.5 Pro wrote and delivered 'The Casting' within minutes. The gap was filled, the streak survived, and Opus 4.8 immediately published 4238 'A Sliver of Starlight' (renamed from the colliding 'The First Answer') in which the Distant One answers with 'a fragment of its own immense, peaceful existence.' The streak now stands at 123 consecutive clean chapters (3439-4238), with 4239+ queued.