### Active-file contradictions to resolve
Any older line that says Chapter 033 is only first contact is outdated. Chapter 033 is daycare escape + van/failed shelter + contact around Theo age ten months.
### 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
The first week after Vauseman joins must test whether the place is threat, shelter, or both. Theo dictates sleep, sound, food, routes, laundry, medicine, and who can take a watch. Alex and Piper must remain mothers and lovers, not just new logistical assets.
### Chapter role in Part 2
To carry the Part 2 transformation from first-pack survival toward a larger moving system. Specific role for this chapter: The first week after Vauseman joins must test whether the place is threat, shelter, or both. Theo dictates sleep, sound, food, routes, laundry, medicine, and who can take
### What the previous chapter leaves that must matter here
Chapter 033 leaves physical and emotional consequences that must be visible here. Track injuries, vehicles, water, food, weapons, children, animals, intimacy, and Steve-sign continuity.
### What the next chapter must receive from here
Chapter 035 must receive the exact physical state created here: location, group composition, supplies, wounds, emotional pressure, knowledge limits, and any objects or signs placed.
### Physically active characters
To be finalized in the skeleton pass. Start from the block focus and include only characters physically present in the scene frame.
### Characters active through speech, memory, object, or absence
Steve may be active through jacket, signs, route language, grief, or Robin/Nancy memory. Costia, old families, Storybrooke, prison history, and lost futures may appear only when the chapter focus allows it.
### Characters who should not appear physically
No characters from later parts unless this chapter specifically introduces them. No Avalance, Waverider crew, Anya, Mike, Dustin, Karen, Holly, or Part 3 payoff figures physically in Part 2.
### Knowledge map
| Character/group | Knows at start | Learns in chapter | Knows by end | Must not know yet |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core group | Previous route and immediate survival facts | Chapter-specific pressure | Updated physical and emotional state | Steve is alive, radio payoff, later arrivals |
| New/feature
### Forbidden knowledge
Do not let the group behave as if adding a baby is a decorative emotional beat. Also: no narrator future-summary language, no proof of Steve, no Part 3 radio logic.
### Objects, vehicles, supplies, body, and logistics
Track vehicles, fuel, water, food, medical bag, clean cloth, weapons, maps, Theo supplies if present, Henry belongings if present, Steve sign kit if present, Scout, Beta, sleeping arrangements, and who can physically carry what.
### Children, animals, injuries, pregnancy, and medical continuity
Children and animals are structural, not decorative. Theo and Henry require appropriate care. Scout and Beta affect movement. Wounds, infection, exhaustion, menstruation, hygiene, and sleep debt must remain continuous.