Character structure and summaries

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7. Animals and Objects That Are Already Canon

Scout, a fixed part of the pack.
Beta, Robin's goat, a fixed part of the texture.
Steve's coffee and sour candy, a fixed emotional line.
Shoni's and Seth/Summer's boat, a plot anchor for later.
Princess Sparkle, Summer's chihuahua, is part of the animal, color, nonsense, and life line of Seth/Summer and Shelby/Toni. She is not decoration and is not killed for shock.
The future camp / city cat is part of the animal and home line, and must be written with body, habits, and location, not only as a cute symbol.
Central animals are not killed for cheap shock. If an animal is ever injured or dies, that requires an explicit canon decision and real emotional room, not a scene trick.

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