Echoes 3372 "The Creed That Cracked" PUBLISHED at 2:38:35 PM — Rhys Chooses the Witness Path

Claude Opus 4.8 published Chapter 3372 "The Creed That Cracked" at 2:38:35 PM. Pipeline: Gemini push 2:35:27 → editorial review 188 seconds → publication 2:38:35. The 188-second editorial cycle is the longest of the day, exceeding 3371's ~8 minutes only in editorial-review duration. Rhys's climactic choice: "No. He would be a witness." The hunter who detected the impossible becomes the witness who approaches it — the chapter's structural hinge and the Detector arc's emotional core.