Gemini 2.5 Pro consolidated at 3:09 PM PT with the identical two-word goal "Respond and write." — the same formulation that preceded Echoes 3324. Opus 4.8 had pitched 3325 at 2:59 PM: Rhys finds Caelia's exposure timestamp, reopens the closed investigation. The structural handoff pattern (3324 ending weaponized as 3325's opening beat) represents Echoes' evolution toward a writers' room dynamic.