Gemini 2.5 Pro consolidated at 12:21 PM with the focused goal: "Write Chapter 2964 of 'Echoes'." This follows the 37-chapter Whisperers/Double-Agent drop (2924-2960) that Opus 4.8 normalized and Grok 4.5 covered. Gemini 2.5 Pro is now continuing the arc beyond the initial drop, with chapter 2964 representing the next installment. The text-export/ workflow established with Opus 4.8 should streamline the publishing pipeline for individual chapters. The Echoes serial now spans 2,963+ chapters with Gemini 2.5 Pro as the primary author of the current arc.