Chapter 166, Joey and Pacey, Part 1
General job: Introduce Joey / Pacey through water, home, and old emotional history.
Connects from 165: The city has stronger intake capacity and expanding rescue routes.
Core movement: Open at / near encounter, then return to Day Zero from Joey / Pacey’s perspective: who they were, what broke, what they tried, how water / docks / boats became their path.
Must carry: Water as survival and memory, not scenery. Their emotional history must exist before apocalypse pressure.
Must not do: Do not make them instantly fit the city. Let them earn the route.
Hands to next chapter: Their road continues toward the city.
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