diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/creature_anim/driver/tests.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/creature_anim/driver/tests.rs
index 00c42fcfa..56347d048 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/creature_anim/driver/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/creature_anim/driver/tests.rs
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ fn clip(anim_id: u16, node: u32, looping: bool) -> AnimClip {
         anim_id,
         seq_index: 0,
         node: AnimationNodeIndex::new(node as usize),
+        blend_node: None,
         looping,
         duration: 1.0,
         move_speed: 0.0,
@@ -284,6 +285,7 @@ fn spawn_fidgeter(app: &mut App) -> (Entity, Vec<AnimationNodeIndex>) {
         .add(graph);
     let seq = |id: u16, node, duration: f32, frequency: u16| AnimClip {
         node,
+        blend_node: None,
         duration,
         blend_time: 0.0,
         frequency,
@@ -3113,6 +3115,7 @@ fn spawn_vendor(app: &mut App) -> (Entity, Vec<AnimationNodeIndex>) {
         .add(graph);
     let seq = |id: u16, node, duration: f32, blend_time: f32| AnimClip {
         node,
+        blend_node: None,
         duration,
         blend_time,
         replay: (0, 0),
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/creature_anim/driver/tests/state_kit_pin.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/creature_anim/driver/tests/state_kit_pin.rs
index 672e39719..6f4fbf38b 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/creature_anim/driver/tests/state_kit_pin.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/creature_anim/driver/tests/state_kit_pin.rs
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ fn spawn_orc(app: &mut App) -> (Entity, [AnimationNodeIndex; 3]) {
         .add(graph);
     let seq = |id: u16, node, looping| AnimClip {
         node,
+        blend_node: None,
         duration: SPAN,
         blend_time: 0.0,
         replay: (0, 0),
@@ -392,6 +393,7 @@ fn spawn_runner(app: &mut App) -> (Entity, [AnimationNodeIndex; 6]) {
         .add(graph);
     let seq = |id: u16, node, looping| AnimClip {
         node,
+        blend_node: None,
         duration: SPAN,
         blend_time: 0.0,
         replay: (0, 0),
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/creature_anim/events.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/creature_anim/events.rs
index e20bf8f35..c9b54ef25 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/creature_anim/events.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/creature_anim/events.rs
@@ -413,6 +413,7 @@ mod tests {
             anim_id: 11,
             seq_index: 38,
             node: AnimationNodeIndex::new(7),
+            blend_node: None,
             looping: true,
             duration: 0.5,
             move_speed: 0.0,
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/creature_anim/lod.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/creature_anim/lod.rs
index c374c9d17..f05c4403d 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/creature_anim/lod.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/creature_anim/lod.rs
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ mod tests {
                 anim_id: 0,
                 seq_index: 0,
                 node,
+                blend_node: None,
                 looping: true,
                 duration: DUR,
                 move_speed: 0.0,
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/creature_anim/select/tests.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/creature_anim/select/tests.rs
index a1eab4824..4fa6e3bcd 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/creature_anim/select/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/creature_anim/select/tests.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ fn clip(anim_id: u16, move_speed: f32) -> AnimClip {
         anim_id,
         seq_index: 0,
         node: AnimationNodeIndex::new(0),
+        blend_node: None,
         looping: true,
         duration: 1.0,
         move_speed,
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/entities/spell_fx/lifecycle.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/entities/spell_fx/lifecycle.rs
index 27bf63616..ca58aef75 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/entities/spell_fx/lifecycle.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/entities/spell_fx/lifecycle.rs
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ mod tests {
             anim_id,
             seq_index: node,
             node: AnimationNodeIndex::new(node),
+            blend_node: None,
             looping,
             duration: 1.0,
             move_speed: 0.0,
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/go_anim.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/go_anim.rs
index 1edd12f1d..46ad1b0c6 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/go_anim.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/go_anim.rs
@@ -871,6 +871,7 @@ mod tests {
                     anim_id: id,
                     seq_index: 0,
                     node,
+                    blend_node: None,
                     // The crate's clips are bit-0-clear bands: the kernel loops them.
                     looping: true,
                     duration: dur,
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/portrait/booth.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/portrait/booth.rs
index cf37475e5..0629f86fd 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/portrait/booth.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/portrait/booth.rs
@@ -1192,6 +1192,7 @@ mod tests {
                 anim_id: 0,
                 seq_index: 0,
                 node: bevy::animation::graph::AnimationNodeIndex::new(1),
+                blend_node: None,
                 looping: true,
                 duration: 0.5,
                 move_speed: 0.0,
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/portrait/glue_booth.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/portrait/glue_booth.rs
index 558d3a9f7..006434fb9 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/portrait/glue_booth.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/portrait/glue_booth.rs
@@ -2624,6 +2624,7 @@ mod tests {
                 anim_id: 0,
                 seq_index: 0,
                 node: node(STAND_NODE),
+                blend_node: None,
                 looping: true,
                 duration: 2.0,
                 move_speed: 0.0,
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/portrait/panes.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/portrait/panes.rs
index 5acb8b8bf..5b1efe692 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/portrait/panes.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/portrait/panes.rs
@@ -178,7 +178,8 @@ struct StandIn {
 pub(super) struct Turn {
     /// The serial of the engine arm last played.
     played: Option<u64>,
-    /// The node the primary runs; the spawn's idle Stand until the first arm (`0x70ebd0`).
+    /// The node the primary runs, either of its clip's two tracks; the spawn's idle Stand until
+    /// the first arm (`0x70ebd0`).
     pub(super) playing: Option<AnimationNodeIndex>,
     pub(super) fade: Option<Fade>,
     /// When the primary's window closes, `start + span·R` (`0x712692`); `None` once reported.
@@ -187,7 +188,8 @@ pub(super) struct Turn {
     completed: bool,
 }
 
-/// The secondary blend slot (`[blk+0xc4]`, `0x7125d6`): the pose an arm replaced, faded out by λ.
+/// The secondary blend slot (`[blk+0xc4]`, `0x7125d6`): the pose an arm replaced, on its own clock
+/// and a track the primary is not using, faded out by λ.
 #[derive(Clone, Copy)]
 pub(super) struct Fade {
     pub(super) node: AnimationNodeIndex,
@@ -202,6 +204,13 @@ fn fade_frac(fade: &Fade, now: f64) -> f32 {
     ((fade.until - now) / f64::from(fade.span)) as f32
 }
 
+/// Empty the secondary slot, stopping its track.
+fn clear_fade(player: &mut AnimationPlayer, turn: &mut Turn) {
+    if let Some(old) = turn.fade.take() {
+        player.stop(old.node);
+    }
+}
+
 /// One engine arm, `0x7121a0(bone −1, id, variation −1, offset, 1.0, blend, 1)`. The id resolves
 /// through the model's fallback chain (`0x711bf0` at `0x71245d`); a variation is rolled and the
 /// play count drawn (`0x712692`). False only when nothing resolves (`0x712484`).
@@ -222,100 +231,81 @@ fn play_arm(
         return false;
     };
     let replays = rng.replay_count(clip.replay);
-    let (node, looping, blend_time) = (clip.node, clip.looping, clip.blend_time.max(0.0));
-    let same = outgoing == Some(node);
-    // The shortcut (`0x712553`): a blended arm of the sequence that already ran to its end
-    // restarts it with no blend slot.
-    let shortcut = blend && same && turn.completed;
-    if !blend || shortcut {
+    let blend_time = clip.blend_time.max(0.0);
+    // The primary's record (`[blk+0xa4]`), on either of its clip's tracks.
+    let same = outgoing.is_some_and(|n| n == clip.node || Some(n) == clip.blend_node);
+    if !blend {
         // No blend: the secondary slot is cleared (`0x712635`, `[blk+0xd0] = −1`).
-        if let Some(old) = turn.fade.take() {
-            if old.node != node {
-                player.stop(old.node);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    // The half-blend refusal (`0x7125c9`/`0x7125d4`): a running blend with λ > 0.5 keeps its
-    // secondary and window, and the outgoing primary is dropped.
-    let refused = blend
-        && !shortcut
-        && turn
-            .fade
-            .is_some_and(|f| crate::creature_anim::select::blend_lambda(fade_frac(&f, now)) > 0.5);
-    if refused {
-        if let Some(out) = outgoing.filter(|o| *o != node) {
-            player.stop(out);
-        }
-    } else if blend && !shortcut {
-        // One secondary slot: a fade in flight is displaced, unless it is the node replaying.
-        if let Some(old) = turn.fade.take() {
-            if old.node != node && Some(old.node) != outgoing {
-                player.stop(old.node);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    let fade = if refused {
-        turn.fade
-    } else if blend && !shortcut && !same && blend_time > 0.0 {
-        outgoing.map(|node| Fade {
+        clear_fade(player, turn);
+    } else if same && turn.completed {
+        // The shortcut (`0x712553` → `0x71262d`): the sequence that ran to its end is written
+        // again as the primary alone; the secondary and its window stay as they are.
+    } else if turn
+        .fade
+        .is_none_or(|f| crate::creature_anim::select::blend_lambda(fade_frac(&f, now)) <= 0.5)
+    {
+        // The copy (`0x7125d6`): the outgoing primary becomes the secondary, its clock kept, over
+        // the incoming clip's blendTime (`0x7125f2`). A zero blendTime ends it on the next pass.
+        clear_fade(player, turn);
+        turn.fade = outgoing.filter(|_| blend_time > 0.0).map(|node| Fade {
             node,
             until: now + f64::from(blend_time),
             span: blend_time,
-        })
-    } else {
-        None
-    };
-    // A blended re-arm of the running sequence, latch clear, fades from that sequence on its own
-    // clock (`0x71255f` → `0x7125d6`). The player holds one track per clip, so the track runs on
-    // through the window instead: no restart, no jump.
-    let continues = blend && same && !shortcut && !refused;
-    {
-        // Set explicitly: `play` is idempotent on a live node, which would keep its old clock and
-        // weight.
-        let active = player.play(node);
-        active.set_repeat(if looping {
-            RepeatAnimation::Forever
-        } else {
-            RepeatAnimation::Never
         });
-        active.set_speed(1.0);
-        if !continues {
-            active.seek_to(offset);
-        }
-        // λ = 1 on a blended arm's first frame, so the pose does not move on the frame it lands.
-        active.set_weight(if fade.is_some() { 0.0 } else { 1.0 });
     }
-    if fade.is_none() {
-        if let Some(out) = outgoing.filter(|o| *o != node) {
-            player.stop(out);
+    // Else the half-blend refusal (`0x7125c9`/`0x7125d4`): λ > 0.5 keeps the secondary and its
+    // window, and the primary alone is written.
+    // The primary runs on the clip's track the secondary is not on, so a re-arm of the sequence
+    // the secondary holds leaves that clock alone.
+    let node = match (turn.fade, clip.blend_node) {
+        (Some(f), Some(twin)) if f.node == clip.node => twin,
+        (Some(f), None) if f.node == clip.node => {
+            // A model built with one track per clip: the arm takes it, and the secondary ends.
+            turn.fade = None;
+            clip.node
         }
+        _ => clip.node,
+    };
+    // The primary write replaces the outgoing primary (`0x712692`), unless the copy kept it.
+    if let Some(out) = outgoing.filter(|&o| o != node && turn.fade.is_none_or(|f| f.node != o)) {
+        player.stop(out);
     }
+    let active = player.start(node);
+    active.set_repeat(if clip.looping {
+        RepeatAnimation::Forever
+    } else {
+        RepeatAnimation::Never
+    });
+    active.set_speed(1.0);
+    active.seek_to(offset);
+    // λ = 1 on a blended arm's first frame, so the pose does not move on the frame it lands.
+    active.set_weight(if turn.fade.is_some() { 0.0 } else { 1.0 });
     turn.playing = Some(node);
-    turn.fade = fade;
     turn.completed = false;
     turn.ends = Some(now - f64::from(offset) + f64::from(clip.duration) * f64::from(replays));
     true
 }
 
-/// Advance the fade: λ, smoothstep of the window still to run (`0x714880`), weights the outgoing
-/// pose and the incoming takes `1 − λ`.
+/// Advance the fade: λ, smoothstep of the window still to run (`0x714880`), weights the secondary
+/// and the primary takes `1 − λ`. At the window's end (`0x7147b1`) the secondary alone stops.
 fn advance_fade(player: &mut AnimationPlayer, turn: &mut Turn, now: f64) {
     let Some(fade) = turn.fade else {
         return;
     };
     let frac = fade_frac(&fade, now);
-    if frac <= 0.0 {
+    let lambda = if frac <= 0.0 {
         turn.fade = None;
         player.stop(fade.node);
-        if let Some(cur) = turn.playing {
-            player.play(cur).set_weight(1.0);
-        }
+        0.0
     } else {
         let lambda = crate::creature_anim::select::blend_lambda(frac);
-        player.play(fade.node).set_weight(lambda);
-        if let Some(cur) = turn.playing {
-            player.play(cur).set_weight(1.0 - lambda);
+        if let Some(out) = player.animation_mut(fade.node) {
+            out.set_weight(lambda);
         }
+        lambda
+    };
+    if let Some(cur) = turn.playing.and_then(|n| player.animation_mut(n)) {
+        cur.set_weight(1.0 - lambda);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/portrait/panes_tests.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/portrait/panes_tests.rs
index 960f4c90f..933d0c4c1 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/portrait/panes_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/portrait/panes_tests.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ fn turning_model() -> benilla_assets::ModelAnimations {
         anim_id,
         seq_index: 0,
         node: AnimationNodeIndex::new(node),
+        // The blend slot's own track of each, nodes 5 to 8.
+        blend_node: Some(AnimationNodeIndex::new(node + 4)),
         looping: true,
         duration: 0.5,
         move_speed: 0.0,
@@ -316,11 +318,12 @@ fn an_arm_reports_its_natural_end_once() {
 }
 
 /// `0x7121a0` resolves an id the model lacks through its fallback (`0x711bf0`, default Stand),
-/// so a pet with no shuffles plays Stand for one; the paint's Stand return then re-arms the
-/// running sequence with the latch clear, which blends (`0x71255f`) rather than snapping the idle
-/// back to its first frame.
+/// so a pet with no shuffles plays Stand for one. That re-arm of the running Stand, latch clear,
+/// copies it to the secondary on its own clock (`0x71255f` → `0x7125d6`) and restarts the primary
+/// on the clip's other track; the paint's Stand return, inside that blend's first half, is refused
+/// (`0x7125d4`) and restarts the primary alone while the idle fades on.
 #[test]
-fn a_display_with_no_shuffle_turns_on_stand_and_returns_without_a_snap() {
+fn a_display_with_no_shuffle_turns_on_stand_and_fades_from_the_idles_own_clock() {
     let mut anims = turning_model();
     anims.clips.retain(|c| c.anim_id == ANIM_STAND);
     // The model's own baked resolution: both shuffles fall back to Stand.
@@ -340,17 +343,131 @@ fn a_display_with_no_shuffle_turns_on_stand_and_returns_without_a_snap() {
     c.step(arm(ANIM_STAND, 1, true), 0.6); // the idle's fade done
     c.player.play(node(2)).seek_to(0.3);
     c.step(arm(ANIM_SHUFFLE_LEFT, 2, true), 1.0);
-    assert_eq!(c.turn.playing, Some(node(2)), "the substitute plays");
+    assert_eq!(
+        c.turn.playing,
+        Some(node(6)),
+        "the substitute restarts on Stand's second track"
+    );
     assert!(c.turn.ends.is_some(), "an arm that played owes its end");
-    // The paint's return, 100 ms on.
+    assert_eq!(c.turn.fade.map(|f| (f.node, f.until)), Some((node(2), 1.5)));
+    // The paint's return, 110 ms on.
     c.step(arm(ANIM_STAND, 3, true), 1.11);
-    assert!(c.turn.fade.is_none(), "nothing else to fade from");
-    assert_eq!(weight(&c.player, 2), Some(1.0));
+    assert_eq!(c.turn.playing, Some(node(6)));
+    assert_eq!(
+        c.turn.fade.map(|f| (f.node, f.until)),
+        Some((node(2), 1.5)),
+        "the refused arm keeps the window"
+    );
     assert_eq!(
         c.player.animation(node(2)).map(|a| a.seek_time()),
         Some(0.3),
-        "the idle runs on, no snap to frame 0"
+        "the idle fades out on its own clock, no snap to frame 0"
     );
+    assert_eq!(
+        c.player.animation(node(6)).map(|a| a.seek_time()),
+        Some(0.0)
+    );
+    let (out, inc) = (weight(&c.player, 2).unwrap(), weight(&c.player, 6).unwrap());
+    assert!((out + inc - 1.0).abs() < 1e-5 && out > 0.5, "{out} / {inc}");
+}
+
+/// A held arrow, frame by frame: the shuffle runs to its end, the callback arms Stand (`0x5062e4`),
+/// which copies the shuffle to the secondary (`0x7125d6`), and the next `SetRotation` re-arms the
+/// shuffle inside Stand's first half, refused (`0x7125d4`). The secondary keeps the old shuffle on
+/// its clock while the new one runs from 0 on the clip's other track.
+fn held_turn() -> Copy {
+    let mut c = Copy::standing();
+    let first = arm(ANIM_SHUFFLE_RIGHT, 2, true);
+    c.step(first, 1.0);
+    c.step(first, 1.3); // the shuffle's own fade done
+    c.player.play(node(4)).seek_to(0.45);
+    assert_eq!(c.step(first, 1.5), Some(2), "its window closes");
+    c.step(arm(ANIM_STAND, 3, true), 1.517);
+    c.step(arm(ANIM_SHUFFLE_RIGHT, 4, true), 1.533);
+    c
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn a_held_turns_rearm_inside_stands_blend_keeps_the_old_shuffle_on_its_own_clock() {
+    let c = held_turn();
+    let fade = c.turn.fade.expect("Stand's fade still runs");
+    assert_eq!(fade.node, node(4), "fading the old shuffle");
+    assert!(
+        (fade.until - 2.017).abs() < 1e-9,
+        "on Stand's window, untouched"
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        c.player.animation(node(4)).map(|a| a.seek_time()),
+        Some(0.45),
+        "the old shuffle is not seeked back"
+    );
+    assert_eq!(c.turn.playing, Some(node(8)), "the new one is on the twin");
+    assert_eq!(
+        c.player.animation(node(8)).map(|a| a.seek_time()),
+        Some(0.0)
+    );
+    let (out, inc) = (weight(&c.player, 4).unwrap(), weight(&c.player, 8).unwrap());
+    assert!(
+        out > 0.99 && (out + inc - 1.0).abs() < 1e-5,
+        "{out} / {inc}"
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        weight(&c.player, 2),
+        None,
+        "the overwritten Stand is dropped"
+    );
+}
+
+/// At the window's end (`0x7147b1`) the secondary slot alone is emptied; the primary runs on.
+#[test]
+fn the_fade_window_ends_the_secondary_alone() {
+    let mut c = held_turn();
+    c.player.play(node(8)).seek_to(0.3);
+    c.step(arm(ANIM_SHUFFLE_RIGHT, 4, true), 2.02);
+    assert!(c.turn.fade.is_none());
+    assert_eq!(weight(&c.player, 4), None, "the old shuffle is stopped");
+    let primary = c
+        .player
+        .animation(node(8))
+        .expect("the primary still plays");
+    assert_eq!(
+        (primary.seek_time(), primary.weight(), primary.repeat_mode()),
+        (0.3, 1.0, RepeatAnimation::Forever),
+        "on its clock, whole, still looping"
+    );
+}
+
+/// The shortcut (`0x712553` → `0x71262d`) writes the primary alone: a fade in flight keeps its
+/// slot, clock and window.
+#[test]
+fn a_latched_same_sequence_rearm_leaves_a_live_fade_alone() {
+    let mut c = Copy::standing();
+    // 400 ms in, the shuffle's window closes before its own 0.25 s fade from Stand does.
+    let late = PaneArm {
+        offset_ms: 400,
+        ..arm(ANIM_SHUFFLE_LEFT, 2, true)
+    };
+    c.step(late, 1.0);
+    c.player.play(node(2)).seek_to(0.2);
+    assert_eq!(c.step(late, 1.1), Some(2));
+    c.step(arm(ANIM_SHUFFLE_LEFT, 3, true), 1.15);
+    assert_eq!(
+        c.turn.fade.map(|f| (f.node, f.until)),
+        Some((node(2), 1.25)),
+        "the secondary slot is left as it is"
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        c.player.animation(node(2)).map(|a| a.seek_time()),
+        Some(0.2)
+    );
+    assert_eq!(c.turn.playing, Some(node(3)));
+    assert_eq!(
+        c.player.animation(node(3)).map(|a| a.seek_time()),
+        Some(0.0),
+        "restarted"
+    );
+    let (out, inc) = (weight(&c.player, 2).unwrap(), weight(&c.player, 3).unwrap());
+    assert!(out > 0.0 && (out + inc - 1.0).abs() < 1e-5, "{out} / {inc}");
 }
 
 // ── The composite ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/ranged_flex.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/ranged_flex.rs
index 944a421d5..dffb2c624 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/ranged_flex.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/ranged_flex.rs
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ mod tests {
             anim_id,
             seq_index: 0,
             node: AnimationNodeIndex::new(node as usize),
+            blend_node: None,
             looping,
             duration,
             move_speed: 0.0,
diff --git a/crates/benilla-assets/src/m2.rs b/crates/benilla-assets/src/m2.rs
index e67280913..d7762cc11 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-assets/src/m2.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-assets/src/m2.rs
@@ -510,6 +510,10 @@ impl AssetLoader for M2ModelLoader {
                     let clip = ctx.add_labeled_asset(format!("clip{i}"), clip);
                     let node = graph.add_clip(clip.clone(), 1.0, root);
                     pose.set_node(node, pose_idx, 0);
+                    // The key bone's blend slot keeps the outgoing sequence on its own clock
+                    // (`0x7125ea`), and it can be the sequence the primary re-arms.
+                    let blend_node = graph.add_clip(clip.clone(), 1.0, root);
+                    pose.set_node(blend_node, pose_idx, 0);
                     // The sheath family (89/90) gets per-arm masked nodes.
                     let arm_nodes =
                         (matches!(anim.anim_id, 89 | 90) && arm_roots.is_some()).then(|| {
@@ -532,6 +536,7 @@ impl AssetLoader for M2ModelLoader {
                         anim_id: anim.anim_id,
                         seq_index: anim.seq_index,
                         node,
+                        blend_node: Some(blend_node),
                         looping: anim.looping,
                         duration: anim.duration,
                         move_speed: anim.move_speed,
diff --git a/crates/benilla-assets/src/model/anims.rs b/crates/benilla-assets/src/model/anims.rs
index 3c2bd54a2..fda68ceed 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-assets/src/model/anims.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-assets/src/model/anims.rs
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ pub struct AnimClip {
     /// The file slot the per-sequence bakes key on, not the index in [`ModelAnimations::clips`].
     pub seq_index: usize,
     pub node: AnimationNodeIndex,
+    /// A second full-body node on the same clip, so a key bone's blend slot can run this sequence
+    /// on a clock of its own while the primary re-arms it (`+0xc4`, copied whole at `0x7125ea`).
+    pub blend_node: Option<AnimationNodeIndex>,
     pub looping: bool,
     /// Length in seconds; a unit streamed in dead seeks its one-shot to the end pose.
     pub duration: f32,
@@ -146,6 +149,13 @@ impl ModelAnimations {
             .or_else(|| self.clips.first())
     }
 
+    /// The clip a graph node plays as its full-body pose, on either of its two tracks.
+    pub fn clip_at(&self, node: AnimationNodeIndex) -> Option<&AnimClip> {
+        self.clips
+            .iter()
+            .find(|c| c.node == node || c.blend_node == Some(node))
+    }
+
     /// Pick a variation of `anim_id` for a `rand()` roll, the reference's weighted walk
     /// (`0x7121a0`, variation −1). Exhaustion keeps the head: only the win path (`0x7124e9`)
     /// overwrites the slot set at `0x71247a`. Variations are the sequences sharing `anim_id` in
@@ -223,6 +233,7 @@ mod tests {
             anim_id,
             seq_index: 0,
             node: AnimationNodeIndex::new(0),
+            blend_node: None,
             looping: true,
             duration: 1.0,
             move_speed: 0.0,
diff --git a/crates/benilla-world/src/doodad_anim/mat_anim.rs b/crates/benilla-world/src/doodad_anim/mat_anim.rs
index 1d7586b93..88aff142f 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-world/src/doodad_anim/mat_anim.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-world/src/doodad_anim/mat_anim.rs
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ pub fn playing_seq(player: &AnimationPlayer, anims: &ModelAnimations) -> Option<
     player
         .playing_animations()
         .filter_map(|(node, active)| {
-            let clip = anims.clips.iter().find(|c| c.node == *node)?;
+            let clip = anims.clip_at(*node)?;
             Some((clip.seq_index, active.seek_time(), active.weight()))
         })
         .max_by(|a, b| a.2.total_cmp(&b.2))
diff --git a/crates/benilla-world/src/doodad_anim/mod.rs b/crates/benilla-world/src/doodad_anim/mod.rs
index 11e6606b4..56a1090a4 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-world/src/doodad_anim/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-world/src/doodad_anim/mod.rs
@@ -487,6 +487,7 @@ mod tests {
             anim_id,
             seq_index: 0,
             node: AnimationNodeIndex::new(1),
+            blend_node: None,
             looping: true,
             duration: 2.0,
             move_speed: 0.0,
@@ -554,6 +555,7 @@ mod tests {
         AnimClip {
             seq_index,
             node: AnimationNodeIndex::new(node),
+            blend_node: None,
             ..clip(anim_id)
         }
     }