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Reverse-payoff / crumb (series-scale plant & payoff)

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Plain English: A detail in a later book that pays off backward into earlier ones, rewarding the reader who's read them — without ever being required to follow the current book. (Full entry under Reverse-payoff / crumb in Structure & Story.)

Rule: Track every crumb so none dangles and none becomes load-bearing for a newcomer.

See: Reverse-payoff / crumb · storygraph/crumbs.py

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