### Chapter role in Part 2
Block: The first convoy. Moving family is shown through labor, not declaration. Theo dictates food, changing, clean cloth, sleep, stops, drivers, and arms; Henry brings questions and small tasks while still needing adult protection; Scout and Beta change scanning, rope, smell, food, and doors
### Physical opening
To be staged from the previous chapter's exact handoff. The chapter must begin with the physical consequences of Chapter 055 visible in people, vehicles, supplies, children, animals, wounds, signs, and location.
### Physical ending / handoff
SwanQueen's marriage-without-the-word continues through food, private tasks, and married banter; Vauseman hold Theo through friction and love; Ronance carry Steve through signs; Clexa and Finchel keep intimacy inside work.
### 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. A broken road / culvert / obstacle crossing reveals roles without a vote. Lexa takes perimeter and the group listens; Regina organizes civilians, children, and order of movement; Nancy reads map/route/Steve signs; Raven solves physics; Alex builds evacuation logic; Cl
### Physical opening
To be staged from the previous chapter's exact handoff. The chapter must begin with the physical consequences of Chapter 056 visible in people, vehicles, supplies, children, animals, wounds, signs, and location.
### Physical ending / handoff
Robin is not only morale: she keeps panic breathable and then catches the small road, sound, sign, or obstacle detail that makes the solution work.
### 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. An evening after the obstacle crossing lets voices, rhythm, maybe Rachel's controlled singing, Raven's rhythm box, children, animals, and shared sound make the group hear itself as more than survival. Music and joy remain managed under perimeter, not risk-free. The ch
### Physical opening
To be staged from the previous chapter's exact handoff. The chapter must begin with the physical consequences of Chapter 057 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