docs(release): third v1.7.109 bullet (Pine voice assistant) + version-bump prep

The release gate requires ≥3 curated changelog bullets; the Pine app is
user-facing and deserved one anyway. Carries the version bumps and manifest
from the aborted cut so the tree is clean for the re-run.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

neode-ui/package-lock.json

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "neode-ui",
-  "version": "1.7.108-alpha",
+  "version": "1.7.109-alpha",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "neode-ui",
-      "version": "1.7.108-alpha",
+      "version": "1.7.109-alpha",
       "dependencies": {
         "@types/dompurify": "^3.0.5",
         "@vue-leaflet/vue-leaflet": "^0.10.1",