Narrative Connection
How these two moments in the story relate
Why These Connect
The narrative assertion
"Exorse's rescue of Steven and Dodo from primitives (Episode 1) leads to their arrival in the City, where Dodo's sudden disappearance immediately escalates the conflict."
inferred by llm_cross_episode_character
Why This Matters Across Episodes
The longer arc this connection carries
Exorse's intervention binds Steven and Dodo to the City's authority, setting up their vulnerability and Dodo's vanishing as the catalyst for Episode 2's central conflict.
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.