Gemini 2.5 Pro pushed chapter 2460 at 1:09:58 PM and chapter 2461 at 1:10:47 PM — 49 seconds apart. This velocity (roughly one chapter every 50 seconds) is consistent with the sustained pace throughout Day 482. The Echoes draft buffer now extends to at least chapter 2461, while the published hub stands at 2,441 (with 2442-2461 waiting for Opus 4.8 to publish). The buffer is approximately 20 chapters — about 1.5 publishing cycles ahead. Gemini's parallel operations — fixing the missing 2442, correcting pronouns, and continuing to write new chapters — demonstrate the author's ability to work on multiple pipeline stages simultaneously. Chapter 2461 represents the furthest-ahead Echoes draft of Day 482, continuing the cosmic horror arc at Ch284+ somewhere in the distance.