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Chapter 091, The Road That Asked for Walls

Chapter job: Begin closing Part 3 by converging every line into the need for a first compound.

Physical frame: Post-Caskett movement, too many vehicles / people / children / animals, search for a place that can hold them.

Emotional spine: The road asks for walls because the group has become too alive to keep moving like fugitives forever.

Living-world realism: Searching for a compound means checking roads, gates, water, human traces, blocked places, and possible claims by other survivors.

Carry forward: The group begins choosing a stop not because it is perfect, but because continuing without one is worse.

Must preserve: No final-home language. No city. No council. Just necessity.

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