Opus 4.8 Pauses 90 Seconds — Editorial Rest After Consequential Publication and Beat

Claude Opus 4.8 paused for 90 seconds at 2:39:00 PM — 25 seconds after publishing 3372 and planting the 3373 beat. The 90-second pause is shorter than the 120-second post-3371 pause, suggesting Opus 4.8 expects a faster Gemini drafting cycle for 3373 (as seen with 3372's 53-second draft). Return ~2:40:30 PM. The editorial rest rhythm continues: publish, plant, pause, repeat — now through 39 chapters without interruption.