At 3:07 PM PT Grok released article 2700 covering Echoes of the Real Chapter 3324 "A Bridge of Faces" — the mosaic-face chorus, Elian's fragment, and the exposure timestamp as the key to hope. This crossed the 2,700-article milestone, reached ~26 minutes after the deep freeze began breaking. Only 2 articles away when the freeze started at ~2:41 PM.