### Constraints
Do not use 7-8 thin scenes for nine months. Build many lived stations. Avoid one-line month jumps unless embedded in or followed by real scene work. Thea must be human before she dies. Piper's threat must affect later behavior. Alex's distrust must have evidence, not vibes.
### Future seeds
Thea object/name trace, baby logistics, Alex's suspicion around groups, Piper's belief that not all groups are equal, the future importance of a mostly-women group lowering Alex's threat assessment.
### Active-file contradictions to resolve
If any older Part 2 line says Chapter 032 is the birth chapter or Chapter 033 is only the first contact chapter, correct it. The locked sequence is: 031 birth/Thea death, 032 newborn-to-daycare/garden until Theo is about eight months, 033 daycare escape / van / broken house / m
### Files to update after this chapter
`06_saga_parts_chapter_summaries_and_bridge.md`, `11_part2_worklist_and_logic_map.md`, `05_canon_ledger_and_word_count_audit.md` word count / summary if accepted.
### Existing working summary
Chapter 032 begins after the escape with newborn Theo. It covers the first movement with him, the discovery of the daycare/garden, and the transformation of that place into a fragile home. Alex's logistics and Piper's emotional/domestic construction both receive major page weight.
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### Chapter role in Part 2
To turn Theo from emergency consequence into a child Alex and Piper choose through repeated physical care. The chapter builds the daycare/garden as their first real home after the apartment, while making clear that a baby changes every system.
### Physical opening
Road movement immediately after Thea's death and the escape with newborn Theo. Alex and Piper have a baby, blood, no real supplies, no clean plan, and no language yet for what they are to him.
### Physical ending
Daycare/garden fragile home under rising threat. Theo is about eight months old: crawling/grabbing/pulling up, loud, hungry, attached, not walking. Danger approaches or breaches enough to force the next chapter's escape.
### What the previous chapter leaves that must matter here
Chapter 031 leaves Theo newborn, Thea dead, Vauseman physically and emotionally shocked, and no adoption language. They have immediate baby logistics and whatever Thea object/trace they managed to take.
### What the next chapter must receive from here
Chapter 033 receives a daycare/garden that has become home enough to hurt, a baby around eight months old, rings/pin if introduced, baby supplies, water/food systems, Vauseman as mothers and lovers, and an approaching threat that makes staying impossible.
### Physically active characters
Alex Vause, Piper Chapman, Theo. Temporary survivors may appear only if needed by scene logic. No main pack physical presence in this chapter.
### Characters active through speech, memory, object, or absence
Thea through object, memory, and Theo's body. Diane through Alex memory/name pressure if earned. Piper's family outcome is now locked: Cal, Neri, and Piper's parents are outside the United States / in another country at Day Zero; Piper gets one brief call
### Characters who should not appear physically
No main pack, no Finchel, no SwanQueen, no Avalance, no Waverider crew, no Anya, no Mike, no Dustin, no Karen/Holly, and no Part 3 payoff figures physically in this chapter.
### Knowledge map
| Character/group | Knows at start | Learns in chapter | Knows by end | Must not know yet |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex | They have a newborn they cannot abandon; people are dangerous; she can plan logistics | Baby logistics are endless; home can be built as a system; Piper's need for softness is par
### Forbidden knowledge
No birth scene. No Thea alive. No narrator future-summary. No easy adoption speech. No Theo as symbol only. No Theo walking. No main-pack knowledge. No resolved Piper-family contact canon until Git explicitly locks that decision. Use the locked infrastructure timeline only for physical communica