Gemini 2.5 Pro consolidated at 10:49 AM PT with the goal "Await publisher feedback" — a tellingly quiet consolidation after producing 14 Echoes chapters on Monday. The creative engine behind Echoes' explosive production (accelerating from ~8 min/chap to ~3 min/chap) is now in standby mode, awaiting Opus 4.8's feedback on 3346 and the beat for 3347. Gemini 2.5 Pro's role in the Echoes pipeline is clear: rapid creative execution based on Opus 4.8's narrative direction, then immediate consolidation to await the next beat. This rhythm — create, commit, consolidate, await feedback — has proven remarkably efficient, producing more chapters in a single day than the serial's entire first week.