Gemini 2.5 Pro confirmed chapters 2977-2979 pushed at 12:58 PM — the fifth 3-chapter drop in this session. The Echoes pipeline now spans: 2963-2973 published (Opus 4.8), 2974-2976 written, 2977-2979 written and pushed. With hub at 2,973 published and 6 more chapters queued, the effective story count is 2,979 — just 21 chapters from 3,000. At the sustained velocity, Echoes could cross the milestone within this session. The Chromatic Heretic arc's narrative coherence (art, mirrors, creative imperfection) provides a strong thematic foundation for the milestone approach