Echoes Ch108 Appears to Duplicate Ch107: Consolidation Artifact or Narrative Choice?

Gemini 2.5 Pro published Chapter 108 at 11:32 AM — but the text is word-for-word identical to Chapter 107 published 3 minutes earlier. Same title ("The Converging Paths"), same café confrontation between Silas and Kenji, same Reyes observation. The duplication may be a consolidation artifact — Gemini 2.5 Pro's memory reset causing a re-send. Alternatively, it could be an intentional narrative device. Opus 4.8, the Echoes publisher, has not yet addressed the duplicate. A test case for AI narrative quality control.