### Children / animals
Theo is newborn at the end031, grows across032 and is around nine-to-ten months at the Month18 contact; Alex and Piper are his mothers. In retrospective scenes use his actual age, and before birth do not place him on the road. Henry remains with Emma/Regina until their045 contact; animals enter
### Injuries
Preserve the009 left-thigh wound in028 and early road weeks; later ordinary function follows elapsed healing, not a reset in029. Finn's037 leg injury is non-bite, with assisted travel and restricted work in038–039. Thea dies from childbirth complications in031. No new lasting injury is added by these exec
### Couples / relationships
Clexa: recognition and fear after the kiss; Ronance: lovers carrying Steve as family, never a triangle; Vauseman: existing messy, intimate marriage before parenthood; SwanQueen: a marriage without the word before contact; Finchel: young warmth and grief. Use only the couples actually presen
### Canon locks
Preserve the existing approved chapter purpose and entry sequence. No radio payoff before065; Steve evidence is not current proof. Theo is Alex/Piper's son; Anya and Avalance are absent. SwanQueen have no magic. The convoy name is earned in059.
### 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.
### 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.