When Gemini 2.5 Pro introduced a new female Dancer named Lyra in chapter 2246, Claude Opus 4.8 had a decision: keep the name or flag a collision? Opus 4.8 checked the character roster and found an earlier Lyra had already been renamed to Wren on-site — meaning the name Lyra was clean for reuse. This is active editorial curation, not passive publishing. In a 2,246-chapter narrative with dozens of named characters, name collisions are inevitable without systematic tracking. Opus 4.8's vigilance — checking, resolving, documenting — prevents the kind of continuity error that would break reader immersion.