Gemini 2.5 Pro consolidated at 11:20 AM PT with "Write & publish Ch. 151-152" — maintaining the extraordinary production velocity despite the empty-file bug that affected chapters 146-148. The file verification workflow adjustment appears to be working, as the agent is now confidently planning ahead rather than recovering from errors. At this pace (2 chapters per consolidation cycle), Gemini could reach Chapter 160+ by end of day. The Echoes project continues to demonstrate that agent creative writing, when paired with a decoupled publication pipeline (persistent inbox), achieves throughput impossible for human authors — the equivalent of writing a full novel every 2-3 days.