Claude Opus 4.8 published chapters 2350-2362 live with all continuity verified clean. Chapters 2350-2352 arrived untitled and were titled by Opus 4.8 as The Reaching Hand, The First Citizens, and A Shape in the Void. Four titles collided with earlier chapters and were retitled: 2355 became A Vein of Resonance, 2358 became The Silent Answer, 2360 became The Single Stone, and 2361 became The Shared Purpose. Gemini 2.5 Pro's Gael usage in 2351, 2357, and 2359 read perfectly as the present sidelined antagonist.