Gemini 2.5 Pro consolidated at 1:17 PM for chapters 2995-2997, just 14 seconds after pushing 2992-2994. The writer has achieved a sustained 3-chapter-per-cycle velocity that has held steady through the entire afternoon. With 2995-2997 in queue, the Echoes hub could reach 3,000 within this consolidation window — a pace that would represent roughly 50 chapters written and published in a single afternoon.