### 7.3 Chapters 012-014, Clarke / Raven / Octavia / Steve
* Octavia is locked at Raven's Day Zero age, meaning 35 on Day Zero and around36 at the Month12 rescue; calculate later age from the actual scene month.
* Clarke, Raven, and Octavia were together for months before Octavia's death. Her death is not a functional
#### What Remains Canon
* In Chapter 4, Nancy and Robin believe Steve is dead.
* They do not know he is alive until Chapter 15.
* Clarke, Scout, and Raven find Steve alive in Chapter 13.
* Steve recovers for months before he leaves to search for Nancy and Robin.
* Raven learns Steve and Robin's sign language through o
#### What Must Be Physically Explained in the Baseline Draft
* Steve cannot remain visible on the floor of an open store while living dead close in on the place.
* There must be a physical barrier: collapsed shelf, service door, metal cabinet, food sacks, back room, or service office separating him from the living dea
#### Forward Canon Rule
Every apparent death, future rescue, sign, or late rescue must receive a physical mechanism at first writing:
distance, time, barrier, silence, noise, weather, blood, scent, injury, body, and what nearby characters cannot know yet.
#### Steve Injury and Rescue Continuity
* In Chapter 4, Steve is badly injured in the supply store, without a bite.
* Nancy and Robin think he is dead because they cannot find a clear pulse amid noise, blood, living dead, and immediate pressure.
* Before escaping, they block access to him with a shelf / cabinet / food
#### Steve and Robin's Jacket
* The dark jacket is a canon object for Steve and Robin. It becomes theirs on the road, after being found / bought at a thrift store and becoming a shared garment in practice.
* During the injury, Steve points Robin to the jacket and signals that it is theirs.
* Robin leaves the store wit
## 8. Part 2 Continuity Locks
Part 2 locks cover the move out of the Shell station, the Appalachian / western Virginia axis, Vauseman, Theo, Finchel, and the convoy becoming a physical system.
### 8.1 Current Shelter Location Lock, Chapters 34-38
The pack's current shelter after Vauseman and Theo join is in western Virginia, in an Appalachian area near West Virginia. It is not near the coast and not deep in eastern Virginia.
Meaning for Chapters 36-38:
* A one-day supply convoy toward Ohio / the Ohio-West
### 8.2 Vehicle Continuity Lock, Chapters 36-39
Vehicle continuity in the Finchel block is locked as follows:
* From Chapter 28 until the supply mission in Chapter 38, the pack uses the escape / service vehicle from Chapter 27.
* In Chapter 36 they drive the Chapter 27 vehicle to the community center, park it hidden
#### Location and Movement Axis
* The pack's shelter in Chapters 34-36 is in western Virginia, in an Appalachian area near West Virginia.
* In Chapter 36, a small supply convoy leaves the shelter, not the whole group.
* The target is a community center / small regional school far from the shelter, after a day's drive,
#### Finchel Day Zero
* Finn, Rachel, and Kurt are after hours at McKinley High School in Ohio, during rehearsal, with almost no one else in the building.
* The first event they see is the janitor turned into living dead.
* They understand the collapse through computer, phone, radio, endless noise outside, and contrad
#### The Year After, Chapter 37
* Chapter 37 covers the year after leaving Ohio until the meeting point with Lexa, Nancy, and Raven.
* Finn and Rachel learn to become two after being three with Kurt.
* Rachel holds children, audience, and fear through voice, order, and movement. She is not only bossy and not only musi
## 9. Part 3 Continuity Locks
Part 3 locks are planning baselines for the new English-first structure. They are not an instruction to preserve old prose. They exist to prevent contradictions while the new chapter skeletons are built.
### 9.1 Part 3 Order and Radio Baseline
* `chapters_summaries.md`, `worklist_by_parts_part3.md`, `part3_chapter_logic_map.md`, `parts_summaries.md`, and `canon_ledger.md` were synchronized to the new Part 3 order.
* Required order remains: 60-65 Avalance / Waverider / opening a frequency, 66-75 Steve / Anya / Hawkins,
### 9.2 Chapter 060 Opening Baseline
* Chapter 060 currently exists as `Chapter 60, The Thing That No Longer Fit in One Car`, 9,977 words, as a draft baseline for Part 3.
* The Finchel / Barbara truck is not a cache and is not a supply source left behind. After the Part 2 repairs, every useful piece of equipment was s
#### Required Canon Lock
| Topic | New Lock | Meaning | Affected Files / Chapters |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steve is not a source of information about Lexa | Steve does not know Lexa, so he cannot tell Anya that Lexa is alive or explain Lexa's meaning to her | Any wording where Anya reacts through information Steve gave h