Chapter 175, Cosima and Delphine, Part 1
General job: Introduce science as dilemma, not salvation.
Connects from 174: The city now has public communication and institutions that can hold a scientific ethics question.
Core movement: Ensemble opening, then Cosima / Delphine focus. Science without magic or miracle cure: research, infection, animals, agriculture, ethics, observation.
Must carry: Realistic tools, limited knowledge, no cure promises, no sci-fi systems, no easy answers.
Must not do: Do not let science solve the living dead. Do not use them as exposition machines in lab coats. Lab coats are not personality, thank you.
Hands to next chapter: They join or approach the city with science already framed as cost and question.
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