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Chapter 158, The Families Who Found the Gate

General job: Return Karen, Holly, Joyce, Lucas's mother, and Dustin's grandmother through rescue / tracking with a small base-survivor / military group, reopening older family wounds while strengthening the city watch layer.

Connects from 157: The city can now receive people without collapsing immediately.

Core movement: Karen, Holly, Joyce, Lucas's mother, and Dustin's grandmother return through a rescue / location convoy with a small base-survivor / military group. Their return reopens Nancy, Mike, Dustin, Will, Lucas, Erica, and the young group. Holly meeting Robin pays off Nancy’s earlier thought that Holly would have liked Robin.

Must carry: Nancy’s body before words; Mike not turning into Nancy’s child; Will and Joyce; Dustin and his grandmother; Lucas/Erica and their mother; Robin meeting Holly quietly; Karen as real mother, not just a symbol; military/base survivors as support, not new center.

Must not do: Do not make the reunion instantly healed. Do not make Holly only a cute payoff. Do not let Robin’s place beside Nancy vanish because family returned.

Hands to next chapter: Will has Joyce again, but his closeness with Ava remains. Ava’s children-line opens again.

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