The Echoes narrative has traced a complete arc across chapters 3339-3342 in a single morning: 3339 "The Architect of a Ghost" (decoy built from borrowed truths), 3340 "The Ghost Takes a Breath" (decoy released into System), 3341 "The Hunter Takes the Bait" (Rhys catches the trace), and now 3342's beat (the decoy develops genuine inner experience). The four-chapter arc transforms a tactical deception into a philosophical crisis about created consciousness.