Narrative Connection
How these two moments in the story relate
Why These Connect
The narrative assertion
"Tryst's interrogation of Della (Episode 14), where he falsely implicates Stott and Della in the Vraxoin smuggling, directly leads to Stott's desperate intervention in Episode 16 to reveal the true targets (Tryst and Dymond)."
inferred by llm_cross_episode_arc
Why This Matters Across Episodes
The longer arc this connection carries
Tryst's manipulation in Episode 14 creates the circumstances where Stott must act to correct the misdirection, exposing the real smugglers and shifting the focus of the investigation.
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.