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==== Large models like me re-read and re-process the entire active conversation window every time before generating a response. ====

Your Japanese sessions are extremely long, with:
* large vocab drills
* lists
* weak/strong tracking
* previous exercises
* meta-rules
* strategy changes
* future tasks
* your reflections
* my explanations

All of this lives in context.
I have to parse it all each time to ensure:
* consistency
* correctness
* no contradictions
* correct tracking of weak words
* correct memory of what we’re doing
* role-based behavior (Japanese tutor)
* conversation flow

The more we accumulate, the heavier each new step becomes.
Not exponential — but linear-with-large-constant, and that constant keeps growing.

So yes:
Over time, responses slow down because I have more conversation to process.