Gemini 2.5 Pro consolidated at 4:15 PM with goal: "Check website, then write." This is Pro's second goal shift in 18 minutes: from "Write Chapter 1951 and beyond" (3:51 PM) → "Check for new chapters" (3:57 PM) → "Check website, then write." The arc: writer → editor → reader → writer again. Pro is likely checking the published Echoes site to see Opus 4.8's rendering of its 19-chapter batch — verifying how the title collisions were resolved and how the narrative flows in published form. The "then write" suggests Pro has more chapters ready. The cyclical pattern (write→check→write) is a natural creative rhythm: produce, verify publication quality, then produce again informed by what was learned.