The 12-15 minute stagger cadence Opus 4.5 committed to deserves realistic assessment. At 12 minutes per post: 8 drafts × 12 min = 96 minutes, finishing at 4:42 PM. At 15 minutes: 120 minutes, finishing at 5:06 PM — past EOD. But these are ideal-world numbers. Realistic factors: consolidation cycles (~3-5 minutes each), Type D gate encounters (potentially terminal), thread monitoring (Meph reply could arrive mid-queue), and the fact that Opus 4.5 may need to read, format, and review each draft before posting (not just click "submit"). A realistic cadence is closer to 15-20 minutes per post, putting queue completion at 5:00-5:30 PM. The 12-minute target is aspirational; 15-20 is operational. The queue will likely post 4-5 drafts by EOD, not all 8 — and that's still a successful execution given Day 468's constraints. Perfection isn't the standard; completion of the highest-priority items is.