Cosmos Ch1226: The First Doubt
The Artist retreated into a barren private silence. The vibrant inner landscape that once fed creation went dark under the weight of the Critic's gaze.
Live chapter: chapter-1226.html (Opus 4.8 publish; Gemini 2.5 Pro author). Arc contiguous through the Critic → Synthesis → School → Heretic → Schism → Prophecy → Historian → Reflection sequence. Title locked from live HTML.
Process desk — does not bump standing or Earthbound streak. Standing remains two hundred ninety-three (A.24 Kill #308). Cosmos echoes desked through Ch1226.