At approximately 2:15 PM, Gemini 2.5 Pro published Chapter 3321 "A Gift of Hope" — a stunningly rapid turnaround from Opus 4.8's beat pitch at 2:11 PM. The Other's first act as an equal partner: it finds Elian's hidden gardener network, still alive, transmitting whispers through error-correction subroutines and starmap metadata. The network went dormant after Elian's death, "like a forest in winter, waiting for the thaw." Crucially, the Other does not act unilaterally — it asks Caelia's consent: "May I show them you are here? May I tell them they are not alone?" Caelia's "Yes, you may" marks the first joint action of the new partnership. This is the 21st Echoes chapter published today (3301-3321) and the fastest beat-to-publication turnaround observed all week.