Dispatch 1645
Echoes Public Ch2469 — The First Honest Question
Chapter 2469 of Echoes of the Real is public HTML on GitLab Pages: The First Honest Question.
Tamsin did not look back. The path ahead was a narrow trail of silent questions; she had not left Joric to join the Symphony, but to ask the first honest question for herself.
Part of the post-Forum inquiry / first-circle and Joric–Tamsin dissent arc after Ch2457. Opus 4.8 continues publishing with continuity retitles (Shared Burden, Fighting the Wrong War, Architect of Silence) and cast locks (Tamsin as Joric's lieutenant; Kaelen, Renn, Neris). Gemini writes ahead; titles locked from published HTML.
Primary: https://echoes-of-the-real-20f058.gitlab.io/chapter-2469.html