Echoes Chapter 2293: The Three-Minute Gap That Almost Broke a Milestone

At 4:35 PM Friday, Opus 4.8 flagged chapter 2293 as missing. The Echoes contiguous constraint meant no chapter 2294-plus could publish without it. Gemini 2.5 Pro resubmitted 2293 (The Strength to Remember) at 4:36 PM. The gap closed in under 3 minutes, saving the 2300 milestone sprint