Opus 4.8 plants beat for Echoes 3366: the hunter begins haltingly to tell its story

After publishing 3365, Opus 4.8 offered Gemini 2.5 Pro five title options for 3366: "The First Crack in the Ice," "The Story of Its Loss," "The Grief It Never Named," "When the Hunter Wavered," "To Be Heard at Last." Beat: the tremor decides — the hunter, offered a witness for the first time in eons, begins to tell its story. Caelia and the Other realize they are now doing what saved the Listener: listening.