### Forbidden / failure points
* No radio proof, no new Steve information, no Avalance/Waverider, no Anya, no Mike or Dustin physically in Part 2.
* Do not use narrator future-summary or tell the reader what the moment will mean later.
* Do not let logistics erase the four central couples.
### Approved contract status
Approved in the Part 2 pre-writing pass after source-merging the old `part2_chapter_logic_map.md` with the newer block contracts. This entry replaces older thinner planning for this chapter.
### Chapter role in Part 2
Block: The first convoy. A fire station / community stop briefly sounds like life: water, boards, children's drawings, a possible small fire-truck remnant, Theo's handprint, Rachel's controlled hum or rhythm, Raven's small rhythm-box repair, Steve signs, and couple touch inside work. The plac
### Physical opening
To be staged from the previous chapter's exact handoff. The chapter must begin with the physical consequences of Chapter 053 visible in people, vehicles, supplies, children, animals, wounds, signs, and location.
### Physical ending / handoff
The place shows signs of prior or future human use, which makes staying unsafe precisely because they can make it feel alive.
### Required continuity and scene anchors
* Keep the chapter as lived scene work, not report-language.
* Track water, food, medicine, hygiene, light, sleep, sound, weapons, vehicles, children, animals, weather, and living-person road pressure.
* Keep Steve present only through signs, jacket, route code, grief, private
### Forbidden / failure points
* No radio proof, no new Steve information, no Avalance/Waverider, no Anya, no Mike or Dustin physically in Part 2.
* Do not use narrator future-summary or tell the reader what the moment will mean later.
* Do not let logistics erase the four central couples.
### Approved contract status
Approved in the Part 2 pre-writing pass after source-merging the old `part2_chapter_logic_map.md` with the newer block contracts. This entry replaces older thinner planning for this chapter.
### Chapter role in Part 2
Block: The first convoy. The road becomes shared, crowded, and morally unstable. Fresh tire marks, smoke, a distant engine, guarded property, a moved barricade, or avoided contact proves the group is not moving through a private world. Nancy weighs route and Steve signs; Lexa holds avoidance
### Physical opening
To be staged from the previous chapter's exact handoff. The chapter must begin with the physical consequences of Chapter 054 visible in people, vehicles, supplies, children, animals, wounds, signs, and location.
### Required continuity and scene anchors
* Keep the chapter as lived scene work, not report-language.
* Track water, food, medicine, hygiene, light, sleep, sound, weapons, vehicles, children, animals, weather, and living-person road pressure.
* Keep Steve present only through signs, jacket, route code, grief, private
### Forbidden / failure points
* No radio proof, no new Steve information, no Avalance/Waverider, no Anya, no Mike or Dustin physically in Part 2.
* Do not use narrator future-summary or tell the reader what the moment will mean later.
* Do not let logistics erase the four central couples.
### Approved contract status
Approved in the Part 2 pre-writing pass after source-merging the old `part2_chapter_logic_map.md` with the newer block contracts. This entry replaces older thinner planning for this chapter.