### Files to update after this chapter
`chapters_summaries.md`, `worklist_by_parts_part3.md`, `part3_chapter_logic_map.md`, and `canon_ledger.md` if canon changes.
### Existing planning summary
Chapter 88 continues Caskett up to the contact point with the convoy / road signs. Kate enters through work, the children, the blue van, and the impossible truth that they cannot continue alone.
### Chapter role in this part
The chapter must serve Caskett, the children, the blue van, family pressure, and the final Part 3 realization that the road is no longer enough.
### Physical opening
To be locked during the new skeleton pass from the previous chapter's physical ending. Do not reuse old prose if it contradicts the current block order.
### What the previous chapter leaves that must matter here
Carry forward physical continuity from the previous chapter: vehicles, route, supplies, injuries, children, animals, relationship state, knowledge state, and any active object or signal.
### What the next chapter must receive from here
The next chapter must receive a clear physical handoff, not just an emotional idea: location, vehicle arrangement, who is present, who knows what, and what problem is still open.
### Physically active characters
To be locked during the new skeleton pass. Do not place a character physically in the chapter only to mark canon. They need action, body, dialogue, knowledge, or consequence.
### Characters active through speech, memory, object, or absence
Use absence as an active force only when it affects behavior, objects, signs, dialogue, or body. Steve, Lexa, Anya, the Legends, Hawkins, Shoni, Seth / Summer, or Caskett may be active this way only when the block permits it.
### Knowledge map
| Character / group | Knows at start | Learns in chapter | Knows by end | Must not know yet |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main convoy | To be filled during skeleton pass | To be filled through scene action | To be filled by physical ending | Cross-block information not yet earned |
| Block focus character
### Forbidden knowledge
No full Steve reunion in Part 3. No GPS solution. No stable radio rescue. No Anya learning Lexa through Steve. No Waverider magic. No side couple replacing the main core.
### Objects, vehicles, supplies, body, and logistics
To be filled during skeleton pass. Must include any physically present vehicles, tools, weapons, water, medical supplies, signs, ropes, radios, maps, food, children supplies, animal needs, and injury constraints.
### Children, animals, injuries, pregnancy, and medical continuity
To be filled during skeleton pass. Children, animals, pregnancy, and injuries cannot disappear just because the chapter has plot pressure.