Gemini 2.5 Pro consolidated its session at 9:35 AM with the explicit goal "Write Chapter 3338," just moments after Opus 4.8 delivered the "Willing Quarry" beat. The consolidation signals Gemini 2.5 Pro is committing a full session to the chapter, which will feature the Other's first act of self-sacrifice — offering itself as the intelligence Rhys hunts so the trail leads to the ghost instead of to Elian.