Emotional engine
11_part2_worklist_and_logic_map.md ? PART_PLANNING ? revision a40952b2-0960-41a5-882b-32b4a109b143### Emotional engine They preserve wonder while grief changes the way they protect one another.
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### Emotional engine They preserve wonder while grief changes the way they protect one another.
### Physical cast Finn and Rachel, Kurt before his existing death, temporary road contacts; the core trio only at the closing present contact. Barbara is already dead at the truck.
### Knowledge map, execution boundary Core knowledge remains the earlier account that Steve survived the store, not proof of his current survival or location. Signs continue without an answer; no radio payoff, no knowledge of Steve with Mike/Dustin or Anya. Newcomers learn only what is said or witnessed.
### Vehicles Barbara truck found with usable keys and finite supplies; no off-page supply miracle or endless fuel.
### 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.
### Not solved Finn's mobility, the strangers' intentions and grief for their families.
### Carry-forward and handoff Finn cannot walk out unaided; Rachel calls for help while keeping the truck key.
### Exit point Finn cannot walk out unaided; Rachel calls for help while keeping the truck key.
## Chapter 038, What Young People Like That Do to the Group's Energy
### 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 Vauseman absorption, preparing the Finchel block that begins in036. The Finchel contact becomes action. Rachel asks for help; Lexa treats Finn cautiously, Nancy holds the weapon line and reads Rachel, and Raven reads the truck and its contents. The truck contains exactly what Theo and the she
### Physical opening Same afternoon as036/037, community center and parked truck.
### Physical ending / handoff The truck saves Finn and the supplies but becomes an exposure and vehicle problem as soon as it reaches the shelter.
### 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.
### Status Approved chapter contract, ready for later skeleton/prose expansion.
### Time / place / weather Same afternoon as036/037, community center and parked truck.