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### 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. The source05 family-contact lock applies; do not give Piper early knowledge of the Part7 outcome. Use the locked infrastructure timeline only for p
### Objects, vehicles, supplies, body, and logistics Baby blanket/towels, bottles or improvised feeding logic, clean cloth, diapers / diaper substitutes, water containers, soap, food, locks, stroller/seat/carrier if earned, daycare supplies, garden/yard tools, rings, pin for Theo if introduced, Thea object, weapons, ba
### Children, animals, injuries, pregnancy, and medical continuity Theo's body dictates the chapter: feeding, crying, sleep, warmth, diapers, rash, fever checks, sound discipline, carrying, crawling, grabbing, falling, and reaching. Piper and Alex's bodies also carry exhaustion, sex/intimacy, dirty clothes, hygiene, fe
### Relationship state at opening Alex and Piper are shock-bound to a newborn and to each other. They are not healed and not ready, but they act.
### Emotional shift in the chapter From emergency possession of a baby to chosen daily parenthood and the first post-apocalypse home that truly belongs to Vauseman/Theo.
### Relationship state at ending They are mothers and lovers in a fragile home under threat. Theo is not a burden added to their story; he has changed the story's structure.
### Constraints Do not make baby care easy. Do not make the daycare magically safe. Do not let Alex become only logistics or Piper only softness. Do not skip intimacy. Do not summarize months of infant development without scenes.
### Future seeds Theo's attachment patterns, Alex as logistics-mother, Piper as home-making mother, rings, pin, Thea/Diane naming line, daycare as future wound, Alex's fear of people, Piper's need for village.
### How future seeds are allowed in prose Through present-tense objects, actions, blocking, incomplete knowledge, and character-specific perception.
### How future seeds are forbidden in prose No reader-facing explanation, no prophecy language, no `they did not know yet`, no future-summary framing.
### Active-file contradictions to resolve Any older line saying Chapter 032 contains Theo's birth is outdated. Birth is Chapter 031. Chapter 032 is newborn-to-daycare/garden life until Theo is about eight months old.
### 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.
### Status Full organized planning slot. Awaiting new skeleton/prose pass after Chapter 031 is accepted.
### Time / place / weather Month9 through the following months; a daycare building with usable locked rooms and a small yard.
### POV / focus Scene-level focal characters: Piper then Alex. Keep each scene within its focal character's available perceptions and knowledge.
### Required beats and body / logistics, concrete execution Find usable infant feeding supplies through actual searches and help, not an effortless formula stockpile. Establish night shifts, clean water, cloth washing and infant weight/health concerns without a clinical manual. Name Theo, keep Thea's identifying objec
### Emotional engine They become mothers through repeated care while preserving their life as lovers.
### Physical cast Alex and Piper; Thea appears only late031 and dies there. Theo is physically present from the031 birth. The core women appear only at033 contact. No later entrants in the retrospective road scenes.