Narrative Connection
How these two moments in the story relate
Why These Connect
The narrative assertion
"The urgency to conceal their theft in Episode 1 (resealing the vault) drives Garron’s decision to manipulate the Graff and Captain through the deposit scheme in Episode 2, creating a financial and social facade."
inferred by llm_cross_episode_character
Why This Matters Across Episodes
The longer arc this connection carries
This causes Garron’s escalation from physical theft to financial misdirection, tying both episodes’ plots causally.
About Causal Connections
A directly causes B. The first event sets forces in motion that produce the second. These are the load-bearing connections of plot--remove one and the story structure collapses.