diff --git a/internal/memory/behavior.go b/internal/memory/behavior.go
index 8ed3260..20cc614 100644
--- a/internal/memory/behavior.go
+++ b/internal/memory/behavior.go
@@ -3,8 +3,11 @@ package memory
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"sort"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/say"
 )
 
 // Behavioural memory — "what do I usually do?" (Vikunja #254).
@@ -337,13 +340,14 @@ func (p Profile) FormatWeekdayRU(wd time.Weekday) string {
 	day := weekdayRU[int(wd)%7]
 	acts := p.Weekly[wd]
 	if len(acts) > 0 {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("по %s ты обычно %s.", day, joinActivities(acts))
+		return say.S(say.HabitWeekday, map[string]string{"day": day, "items": joinActivities(acts)})
 	}
 	if len(p.Everyday) > 0 {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("по %s у тебя нет ничего особенного — то же, что и в остальные дни: %s.",
-			day, joinActivities(p.Everyday))
+		return say.S(say.HabitWeekdaySame, map[string]string{
+			"day": day, "items": joinActivities(p.Everyday),
+		})
 	}
-	return fmt.Sprintf("по %s я пока не вижу у тебя ничего постоянного.", day)
+	return say.S(say.HabitWeekdayNone, map[string]string{"day": day})
 }
 
 // FormatWeekendRU reads back what distinguishes Saturday and Sunday.
@@ -355,19 +359,17 @@ func (p Profile) FormatWeekendRU() string {
 	sat, sun := p.Weekly[time.Saturday], p.Weekly[time.Sunday]
 	switch {
 	case len(sat) > 0 && len(sun) > 0:
-		return fmt.Sprintf("по субботам ты обычно %s, по воскресеньям — %s.",
-			joinActivities(sat), joinActivities(sun))
+		return say.S(say.HabitWeekendBoth, map[string]string{
+			"sat": joinActivities(sat), "sun": joinActivities(sun),
+		})
 	case len(sat) > 0:
-		return fmt.Sprintf("по субботам ты обычно %s, а по воскресеньям ничего постоянного.",
-			joinActivities(sat))
+		return say.S(say.HabitWeekendSat, map[string]string{"items": joinActivities(sat)})
 	case len(sun) > 0:
-		return fmt.Sprintf("по воскресеньям ты обычно %s, а по субботам ничего постоянного.",
-			joinActivities(sun))
+		return say.S(say.HabitWeekendSun, map[string]string{"items": joinActivities(sun)})
 	case len(p.Everyday) > 0:
-		return fmt.Sprintf("по выходным у тебя нет ничего особенного — то же, что и в остальные дни: %s.",
-			joinActivities(p.Everyday))
+		return say.S(say.HabitWeekendSame, map[string]string{"items": joinActivities(p.Everyday)})
 	}
-	return "по выходным я пока не вижу у тебя ничего постоянного."
+	return say.S(say.HabitWeekendNone, nil)
 }
 
 // FormatOverallRU reads back the habits that hold across the whole week, and
@@ -378,19 +380,23 @@ func (p Profile) FormatWeekendRU() string {
 // a year of them, and only one of those is worth believing.
 func (p Profile) FormatOverallRU() string {
 	if len(p.All) == 0 {
-		return "я ещё не набрала достаточно записей, чтобы говорить о привычках."
+		return say.S(say.HabitOverallNone, nil)
 	}
-	return fmt.Sprintf("обычно ты %s — %s.", joinActivities(p.All), p.spanRU())
+	return say.S(say.HabitOverall, map[string]string{
+		"items": joinActivities(p.All), "span": p.spanRU(),
+	})
 }
 
 // spanRU — "по записям за последние N дней", or a vaguer phrase when the window
 // is too short to name in days.
 func (p Profile) spanRU() string {
 	if p.Since.IsZero() || !p.Until.After(p.Since) {
-		return "по записям за сегодня"
+		return say.S(say.HabitSpanToday, nil)
 	}
 	days := int(p.Until.Sub(p.Since).Hours()/24) + 1
-	return fmt.Sprintf("по записям за последние %d %s", days, pluralDaysRU(days))
+	return say.S(say.HabitSpanDays, map[string]string{
+		"n": strconv.Itoa(days), "word": pluralDaysRU(days),
+	})
 }
 
 // pluralDaysRU — the Russian count form of "день" for n.
@@ -423,14 +429,18 @@ func joinActivities(acts []Activity) string {
 			// come from the model, so an unglossed one is as likely to be
 			// "выпил_воды" as a noun, and "обычно ты выпил_воды около 09:00" is
 			// not a sentence.
-			gloss = fmt.Sprintf("отмечаешь «%s»", strings.ReplaceAll(a.Key, "_", " "))
+			gloss = say.S(say.HabitUnglossed, map[string]string{
+				"key": strings.ReplaceAll(a.Key, "_", " "),
+			})
 		}
 		if !a.HasTypical {
 			parts[i] = gloss
 			continue
 		}
-		parts[i] = fmt.Sprintf("%s около %02d:%02d", gloss,
-			int(a.TypicalAt.Hours()), int(a.TypicalAt.Minutes())%60)
+		parts[i] = say.S(say.HabitAt, map[string]string{
+			"gloss": gloss,
+			"time":  fmt.Sprintf("%02d:%02d", int(a.TypicalAt.Hours()), int(a.TypicalAt.Minutes())%60),
+		})
 	}
 	if len(parts) == 1 {
 		return parts[0]
diff --git a/internal/memory/behavior_test.go b/internal/memory/behavior_test.go
index e2ee61c..cc75e71 100644
--- a/internal/memory/behavior_test.go
+++ b/internal/memory/behavior_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 	"unicode"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/say"
 )
 
 // habitHistory — n weeks of the same weekday, at the given local time.
@@ -70,7 +72,7 @@ func TestBuildProfileNeedsMoreThanOneDay(t *testing.T) {
 	if len(p.All) != 0 || len(p.Weekly) != 0 {
 		t.Fatalf("one day of rows must produce no habit: %+v / %+v", p.All, p.Weekly)
 	}
-	if got := p.FormatOverallRU(); !strings.Contains(got, "не набрала достаточно") {
+	if got := p.FormatOverallRU(); !say.IsS(say.HabitOverallNone, nil, got) {
 		t.Errorf("empty profile reads %q", got)
 	}
 }
@@ -203,7 +205,9 @@ func TestWeekdayProfileExcludesEverydayHabits(t *testing.T) {
 	// A day with nothing of its own says so rather than reciting water as if
 	// Wednesday were the reason for it.
 	wed := p.FormatWeekdayRU(time.Wednesday)
-	if !strings.Contains(wed, "ничего особенного") || !strings.Contains(wed, "воду") {
+	if !say.IsS(say.HabitWeekdaySame, map[string]string{
+		"day": "средам", "items": "пьёшь воду около 13:30",
+	}, wed) {
 		t.Fatalf("plain weekday readout should say the day is unremarkable and name the daily habits: %q", wed)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/internal/morning/plan.go b/internal/morning/plan.go
index ba2c699..5129187 100644
--- a/internal/morning/plan.go
+++ b/internal/morning/plan.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/say"
 	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/store"
 )
 
@@ -164,17 +165,20 @@ func (p Plan) FormatRU() string {
 		// it is over, and saying it was empty is a false statement about a day
 		// he just lived.
 		if p.Rest {
-			return "на сегодня больше ничего не запланировано."
+			return say.S(say.PlanRestEmpty, nil)
 		}
-		return fmt.Sprintf("на %s ничего не запланировано.", p.Date.Format("02.01.2006"))
+		return say.S(say.PlanDayEmpty, map[string]string{"date": p.Date.Format("02.01.2006")})
 	}
 	parts := make([]string, len(p.Items))
 	for i, it := range p.Items {
 		line := fmt.Sprintf("%s — %s", it.At.Format("15:04"), it.Text)
 		if it.Uncertain {
-			line = "похоже, " + line
+			line = say.S(say.PlanUncertain, map[string]string{"line": line})
 		}
 		parts[i] = line
 	}
-	return fmt.Sprintf("план на %s: %s.", p.Date.Format("02.01.2006"), strings.Join(parts, "; "))
+	return say.S(say.PlanDay, map[string]string{
+		"date":  p.Date.Format("02.01.2006"),
+		"items": strings.Join(parts, "; "),
+	})
 }
diff --git a/internal/phraser/acks.go b/internal/phraser/acks.go
index 4a6f6dd..c860663 100644
--- a/internal/phraser/acks.go
+++ b/internal/phraser/acks.go
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"math/rand"
 	"sync"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/say"
 )
 
 //go:embed ack_ru_v1.json
@@ -93,12 +95,12 @@ var ackFloor = map[string]string{
 }
 
 // Acks picks a hand-written Russian acknowledgement. Safe for concurrent use.
-type Acks struct{ d *deck }
+type Acks struct{ d *say.Deck }
 
 // LoadAcks reads the embedded file. Pass a source to make the picking
 // reproducible in tests; nil seeds from the clock.
 func LoadAcks(src rand.Source) (*Acks, error) {
-	d, err := loadDeck(ackJSON, AckSchemaVersion, ackKeys, ackFloor, src)
+	d, err := say.Load(ackJSON, AckSchemaVersion, ackKeys, ackFloor, src)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -109,7 +111,7 @@ func LoadAcks(src rand.Source) (*Acks, error) {
 		{AckFactKey, "{key}"}, {AckFactValue, "{key}"}, {AckFactValue, "{value}"},
 		{AckAct, "{fn}"}, {AckTask, "{text}"}, {AckTaskUrgent, "{text}"},
 	} {
-		if err := d.requirePlaceholder(req.key, req.ph); err != nil {
+		if err := d.RequirePlaceholder(req.key, req.ph); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 	}
@@ -117,9 +119,9 @@ func LoadAcks(src rand.Source) (*Acks, error) {
 }
 
 // deck reads through a nil *Acks, which is the unloadable-file case.
-func (a *Acks) deck() *deck {
+func (a *Acks) deck() *say.Deck {
 	if a == nil {
-		return floorDeck(ackFloor)
+		return say.FloorDeck(ackFloor)
 	}
 	return a.d
 }
@@ -127,11 +129,11 @@ func (a *Acks) deck() *deck {
 // Say returns one line for key, with his data filled into the frame. Pass nil
 // when the entry takes none.
 func (a *Acks) Say(key string, vars map[string]string) string {
-	return a.deck().text(key, vars)
+	return a.deck().Text(key, vars)
 }
 
 // Variants returns every line the file can produce, for the persona scorer.
-func (a *Acks) Variants() []string { return a.deck().variants() }
+func (a *Acks) Variants() []string { return a.deck().Variants() }
 
 var (
 	ackOnce sync.Once
@@ -158,5 +160,5 @@ func Ack(key string, vars map[string]string) string { return DefaultAcks().Say(k
 // IsAck reports whether text is a line key could have produced. For the daemon
 // tests, which can no longer compare against one literal.
 func IsAck(key string, vars map[string]string, text string) bool {
-	return DefaultAcks().deck().matches(key, vars, text)
+	return DefaultAcks().deck().Matches(key, vars, text)
 }
diff --git a/internal/phraser/act_lines_test.go b/internal/phraser/act_lines_test.go
index 020698f..9d48054 100644
--- a/internal/phraser/act_lines_test.go
+++ b/internal/phraser/act_lines_test.go
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func TestActOutcomesStayDistinct(t *testing.T) {
 	a := loadTestActs(t)
 	seen := map[string]string{}
 	for _, key := range actKeys {
-		for _, v := range a.d.file.Entries[key].Variants {
+		for _, v := range a.d.VariantsOf(key) {
 			if prev, dup := seen[v]; dup {
 				t.Errorf("%s and %s both say %q", prev, key, v)
 			}
@@ -83,4 +83,3 @@ func TestActOutcomesStayDistinct(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
-
diff --git a/internal/phraser/acts.go b/internal/phraser/acts.go
index b60c9c9..a7a0be5 100644
--- a/internal/phraser/acts.go
+++ b/internal/phraser/acts.go
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"math/rand"
 	"sync"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/say"
 )
 
 //go:embed acts_ru_v1.json
@@ -114,12 +116,12 @@ var actFloor = map[string]string{
 }
 
 // Acts picks a hand-written Russian act reply. Safe for concurrent use.
-type Acts struct{ d *deck }
+type Acts struct{ d *say.Deck }
 
 // LoadActs reads the embedded file. Pass a source to make the picking
 // reproducible in tests; nil seeds from the clock.
 func LoadActs(src rand.Source) (*Acts, error) {
-	d, err := loadDeck(actJSON, ActSchemaVersion, actKeys, actFloor, src)
+	d, err := say.Load(actJSON, ActSchemaVersion, actKeys, actFloor, src)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -137,7 +139,7 @@ func LoadActs(src rand.Source) (*Acts, error) {
 		{AttentionNoneEntity, "{name}"}, {AttentionListEntity, "{name}"},
 		{AttentionListEntity, "{items}"}, {AttentionFailEntity, "{name}"},
 	} {
-		if err := d.requirePlaceholder(req.key, req.ph); err != nil {
+		if err := d.RequirePlaceholder(req.key, req.ph); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 	}
@@ -145,20 +147,20 @@ func LoadActs(src rand.Source) (*Acts, error) {
 }
 
 // deck reads through a nil *Acts, which is the unloadable-file case.
-func (a *Acts) deck() *deck {
+func (a *Acts) deck() *say.Deck {
 	if a == nil {
-		return floorDeck(actFloor)
+		return say.FloorDeck(actFloor)
 	}
 	return a.d
 }
 
 // Say returns one line for key, with the names filled into the frame.
 func (a *Acts) Say(key string, vars map[string]string) string {
-	return a.deck().text(key, vars)
+	return a.deck().Text(key, vars)
 }
 
 // Variants returns every line the file can produce, for the persona scorer.
-func (a *Acts) Variants() []string { return a.deck().variants() }
+func (a *Acts) Variants() []string { return a.deck().Variants() }
 
 var (
 	actOnce  sync.Once
@@ -184,5 +186,5 @@ func A(key string, vars map[string]string) string { return DefaultActs().Say(key
 
 // IsA reports whether text is a line key could have produced, for the tests.
 func IsA(key string, vars map[string]string, text string) bool {
-	return DefaultActs().deck().matches(key, vars, text)
+	return DefaultActs().deck().Matches(key, vars, text)
 }
diff --git a/internal/phraser/eval/fallbacks_test.go b/internal/phraser/eval/fallbacks_test.go
index 4498bd6..eb2f617 100644
--- a/internal/phraser/eval/fallbacks_test.go
+++ b/internal/phraser/eval/fallbacks_test.go
@@ -6,11 +6,13 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/phraser"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/say"
 )
 
-// TestFallbackPersona scores every line in every hand-written line family on the persona checks the nudges already pass. These lines are
-// heard out loud and they live in a JSON file now, so a reworded variant that
-// says "рад" or "вы" would otherwise reach him with nothing in between.
+// TestFallbackPersona scores every line in every hand-written family on the
+// persona checks the nudges already pass. These lines are heard out loud and
+// they live in a JSON file now, so a reworded variant that says "рад" or "вы"
+// would otherwise reach him with nothing in between.
 //
 // Only the persona checks run. Mood and topic belong to a nudge, and these are
 // not nudges.
@@ -42,6 +44,11 @@ func TestFallbackPersona(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("LoadActs: %v", err)
 	}
 	variants = append(variants, act.Variants()...)
+	sum, err := say.LoadSummaries(rand.NewSource(20260804))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("LoadSummaries: %v", err)
+	}
+	variants = append(variants, sum.Variants()...)
 	if len(variants) == 0 {
 		t.Fatal("no variants — the file loaded empty")
 	}
@@ -50,7 +57,8 @@ func TestFallbackPersona(t *testing.T) {
 		body := v
 		for _, ph := range []string{"{sources}", "{key}", "{value}", "{fn}", "{text}", "{when}", "{items}",
 			"{location}", "{temp}", "{condition}", "{tail}", "{out}", "{name}",
-			"{entity}", "{count}", "{word}"} {
+			"{entity}", "{count}", "{word}",
+			"{date}", "{line}", "{n}", "{day}", "{sat}", "{sun}", "{span}", "{gloss}", "{time}"} {
 			body = strings.ReplaceAll(body, ph, "вода")
 		}
 		for _, r := range RunChecks(Case{}, body, "neutral") {
diff --git a/internal/phraser/failure_test.go b/internal/phraser/failure_test.go
index 714acc0..28636fe 100644
--- a/internal/phraser/failure_test.go
+++ b/internal/phraser/failure_test.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 // fallbacks_ru_v1.json break Go tests, which is the coupling this file removed.
 func isFallback(t *testing.T, key, sources, got string) bool {
 	t.Helper()
-	return DefaultFallbacks().deck().matches(key, map[string]string{"sources": sources}, got)
+	return DefaultFallbacks().deck().Matches(key, map[string]string{"sources": sources}, got)
 }
 
 // A dead server must be distinguishable from bad phrasing. Both PhraseChat and
diff --git a/internal/phraser/fallbacks.go b/internal/phraser/fallbacks.go
index 2124242..6876fcf 100644
--- a/internal/phraser/fallbacks.go
+++ b/internal/phraser/fallbacks.go
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"math/rand"
 	"sync"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/say"
 )
 
 //go:embed fallbacks_ru_v1.json
@@ -47,48 +49,48 @@ var hardFloor = map[string]string{
 }
 
 // Fallbacks picks a hand-written Russian fallback line. Safe for concurrent use.
-type Fallbacks struct{ d *deck }
+type Fallbacks struct{ d *say.Deck }
 
 // LoadFallbacks reads the embedded file. Pass a source to make the picking
 // reproducible in tests; nil seeds from the clock.
 func LoadFallbacks(src rand.Source) (*Fallbacks, error) {
-	d, err := loadDeck(fallbackJSON, FallbackSchemaVersion, fbKeys, hardFloor, src)
+	d, err := say.Load(fallbackJSON, FallbackSchemaVersion, fbKeys, hardFloor, src)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	// query_sources is the one entry whose whole job is to read something back.
-	if err := d.requirePlaceholder(fbQuerySources, "{sources}"); err != nil {
+	if err := d.RequirePlaceholder(fbQuerySources, "{sources}"); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	return &Fallbacks{d: d}, nil
 }
 
 // deck reads through a nil *Fallbacks, which is the unloadable-file case.
-func (f *Fallbacks) deck() *deck {
+func (f *Fallbacks) deck() *say.Deck {
 	if f == nil {
-		return floorDeck(hardFloor)
+		return say.FloorDeck(hardFloor)
 	}
 	return f.d
 }
 
 // Chat — nothing usable came back on the chat path.
-func (f *Fallbacks) Chat() string { return f.deck().text(fbChat, nil) }
+func (f *Fallbacks) Chat() string { return f.deck().Text(fbChat, nil) }
 
 // Unknown — a question she cannot answer and will not guess at.
-func (f *Fallbacks) Unknown() string { return f.deck().text(fbQueryUnknown, nil) }
+func (f *Fallbacks) Unknown() string { return f.deck().Text(fbQueryUnknown, nil) }
 
 // FromSources — read back what she was handed, because phrasing it failed.
 func (f *Fallbacks) FromSources(sources string) string {
-	return f.deck().text(fbQuerySources, map[string]string{"sources": sources})
+	return f.deck().Text(fbQuerySources, map[string]string{"sources": sources})
 }
 
 // WorldGap — the world model is the one configured to answer and it is not
 // answering. Fixed wording: it names a specific gap, and a variant set here
 // would let "the big model is asleep" drift into "I don't know".
-func (f *Fallbacks) WorldGap() string { return f.deck().text(fbWorldGap, nil) }
+func (f *Fallbacks) WorldGap() string { return f.deck().Text(fbWorldGap, nil) }
 
 // Variants returns every line the file can produce, for the persona scorer.
-func (f *Fallbacks) Variants() []string { return f.deck().variants() }
+func (f *Fallbacks) Variants() []string { return f.deck().Variants() }
 
 // The process-wide instance. Package-level because these lines are needed on
 // paths that have no phraser to hand — cmd/mavend names the world gap without
@@ -129,10 +131,10 @@ func WorldGap() string { return DefaultFallbacks().WorldGap() }
 // IsUnknownFallback reports whether text is one of her "I do not know" lines.
 // The daemon tests read it to tell an answer from a shrug.
 func IsUnknownFallback(text string) bool {
-	return DefaultFallbacks().deck().matches(fbQueryUnknown, nil, text)
+	return DefaultFallbacks().deck().Matches(fbQueryUnknown, nil, text)
 }
 
 // IsSourcesFallback reports whether text is sources read back verbatim.
 func IsSourcesFallback(text, sources string) bool {
-	return DefaultFallbacks().deck().matches(fbQuerySources, map[string]string{"sources": sources}, text)
+	return DefaultFallbacks().deck().Matches(fbQuerySources, map[string]string{"sources": sources}, text)
 }
diff --git a/internal/phraser/query.go b/internal/phraser/query.go
index aefbb44..81dd1a7 100644
--- a/internal/phraser/query.go
+++ b/internal/phraser/query.go
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"math/rand"
 	"sync"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/say"
 )
 
 //go:embed query_ru_v1.json
@@ -97,12 +99,12 @@ var queryFloor = map[string]string{
 }
 
 // Queries picks a hand-written Russian query line. Safe for concurrent use.
-type Queries struct{ d *deck }
+type Queries struct{ d *say.Deck }
 
 // LoadQueries reads the embedded file. Pass a source to make the picking
 // reproducible in tests; nil seeds from the clock.
 func LoadQueries(src rand.Source) (*Queries, error) {
-	d, err := loadDeck(queryJSON, QuerySchemaVersion, queryKeys, queryFloor, src)
+	d, err := say.Load(queryJSON, QuerySchemaVersion, queryKeys, queryFloor, src)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -114,7 +116,7 @@ func LoadQueries(src rand.Source) (*Queries, error) {
 		{QueryWeatherNow, "{location}"}, {QueryWeatherNow, "{temp}"},
 		{QueryWeatherNow, "{word}"}, {QueryWeatherNow, "{condition}"},
 	} {
-		if err := d.requirePlaceholder(req.key, req.ph); err != nil {
+		if err := d.RequirePlaceholder(req.key, req.ph); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 	}
@@ -122,20 +124,20 @@ func LoadQueries(src rand.Source) (*Queries, error) {
 }
 
 // deck reads through a nil *Queries, which is the unloadable-file case.
-func (q *Queries) deck() *deck {
+func (q *Queries) deck() *say.Deck {
 	if q == nil {
-		return floorDeck(queryFloor)
+		return say.FloorDeck(queryFloor)
 	}
 	return q.d
 }
 
 // Say returns one line for key, with the values filled into the frame.
 func (q *Queries) Say(key string, vars map[string]string) string {
-	return q.deck().text(key, vars)
+	return q.deck().Text(key, vars)
 }
 
 // Variants returns every line the file can produce, for the persona scorer.
-func (q *Queries) Variants() []string { return q.deck().variants() }
+func (q *Queries) Variants() []string { return q.deck().Variants() }
 
 var (
 	queryOnce sync.Once
@@ -161,5 +163,5 @@ func Q(key string, vars map[string]string) string { return DefaultQueries().Say(
 
 // IsQ reports whether text is a line key could have produced, for the tests.
 func IsQ(key string, vars map[string]string, text string) bool {
-	return DefaultQueries().deck().matches(key, vars, text)
+	return DefaultQueries().deck().Matches(key, vars, text)
 }
diff --git a/internal/phraser/query_lines_test.go b/internal/phraser/query_lines_test.go
index 17302dd..4ccde68 100644
--- a/internal/phraser/query_lines_test.go
+++ b/internal/phraser/query_lines_test.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func TestQueryUnknownNeverRepeatsAPhrasingFallback(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, v := range f.Variants() {
 		failures[v] = true
 	}
-	for _, v := range q.d.file.Entries[QueryUnknown].Variants {
+	for _, v := range q.d.VariantsOf(QueryUnknown) {
 		if failures[v] {
 			t.Errorf("query_unknown variant %q is also a phrasing failure line", v)
 		}
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func TestWeatherLineCountsWithTheHelper(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("LoadQueries: %v", err)
 	}
-	for _, v := range q.d.file.Entries[QueryWeatherNow].Variants {
+	for _, v := range q.d.VariantsOf(QueryWeatherNow) {
 		if strings.Contains(v, "градус") {
 			t.Errorf("weather_now variant %q spells the noun out instead of using {word}", v)
 		}
diff --git a/internal/phraser/deck.go b/internal/say/deck.go
similarity index 72%
rename from internal/phraser/deck.go
rename to internal/say/deck.go
index 9136775..7d88a67 100644
--- a/internal/phraser/deck.go
+++ b/internal/say/deck.go
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
-package phraser
+package say
 
-// deck — the mechanics every family of hand-written Russian lines shares.
+// Package say holds the mechanics every family of hand-written Russian lines
+// shares. The families themselves live next to the code that speaks them.
+//
+// Deck — the mechanics every family of hand-written Russian lines shares.
 //
 // A family is one embedded JSON file: schema-versioned, several variants per
 // entry, never the same variant twice running, and a hard floor of Go literals
@@ -20,28 +23,28 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
-// deckEntry — one line she can say, in as many wordings as the file gives.
-type deckEntry struct {
+// Entry — one line she can say, in as many wordings as the file gives.
+type Entry struct {
 	// Fixed — one variant, never picked between. For wording that must not
 	// drift from turn to turn, like a phrase naming one specific gap.
 	Fixed    bool     `json:"fixed"`
 	Variants []string `json:"variants"`
 }
 
-type deckFile struct {
-	SchemaVersion int                  `json:"schema_version"`
-	Name          string               `json:"name"`
-	Notes         []string             `json:"notes"`
-	Entries       map[string]deckEntry `json:"entries"`
+type file struct {
+	SchemaVersion int              `json:"schema_version"`
+	Name          string           `json:"name"`
+	Notes         []string         `json:"notes"`
+	Entries       map[string]Entry `json:"entries"`
 }
 
-// deck picks a line. Safe for concurrent use. A deck with no entries answers
-// from the floor, which is what an unloadable file leaves behind (floorDeck).
-type deck struct {
+// Deck picks a line. Safe for concurrent use. A Deck with no entries answers
+// from the floor, which is what an unloadable file leaves behind (FloorDeck).
+type Deck struct {
 	mu    sync.Mutex
 	rnd   *rand.Rand
 	last  map[string]string
-	file  deckFile
+	file  file
 	keys  []string
 	floor map[string]string
 }
@@ -49,8 +52,8 @@ type deck struct {
 // loadDeck parses raw, checks the version and every required key, and seeds the
 // picker. Pass a source to make the picking reproducible in tests; nil seeds
 // from the clock.
-func loadDeck(raw []byte, version int, keys []string, floor map[string]string, src rand.Source) (*deck, error) {
-	var f deckFile
+func Load(raw []byte, version int, keys []string, floor map[string]string, src rand.Source) (*Deck, error) {
+	var f file
 	if err := json.Unmarshal(raw, &f); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("parse: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -69,13 +72,13 @@ func loadDeck(raw []byte, version int, keys []string, floor map[string]string, s
 	if src == nil {
 		src = rand.NewSource(time.Now().UnixNano())
 	}
-	return &deck{rnd: rand.New(src), last: map[string]string{}, file: f, keys: keys, floor: floor}, nil
+	return &Deck{rnd: rand.New(src), last: map[string]string{}, file: f, keys: keys, floor: floor}, nil
 }
 
 // requirePlaceholder fails the load when a variant of key does not use ph. For
 // an entry whose whole job is to read something back, a variant without the
 // placeholder silently drops it.
-func (d *deck) requirePlaceholder(key, ph string) error {
+func (d *Deck) RequirePlaceholder(key, ph string) error {
 	for _, v := range d.file.Entries[key].Variants {
 		if !strings.Contains(v, ph) {
 			return fmt.Errorf("%q variant %q does not use %s", key, v, ph)
@@ -86,7 +89,7 @@ func (d *deck) requirePlaceholder(key, ph string) error {
 
 // text returns one variant for key with the placeholders filled in. A nil
 // receiver answers from the floor, so no caller checks whether the file loaded.
-func (d *deck) text(key string, vars map[string]string) string {
+func (d *Deck) Text(key string, vars map[string]string) string {
 	tmpl := ""
 	if d != nil {
 		if e, ok := d.file.Entries[key]; ok && len(e.Variants) > 0 {
@@ -101,7 +104,7 @@ func (d *deck) text(key string, vars map[string]string) string {
 
 // matches reports whether text is a line key could have produced. A caller that
 // has to recognise one of these lines cannot compare against a literal any more.
-func (d *deck) matches(key string, vars map[string]string, text string) bool {
+func (d *Deck) Matches(key string, vars map[string]string, text string) bool {
 	if fill(floorOf(d, key), vars) == text {
 		return true
 	}
@@ -118,7 +121,7 @@ func (d *deck) matches(key string, vars map[string]string, text string) bool {
 
 // variants returns every line the file can produce, in key order, for the
 // persona scorer. Stable order so a failure names the same variant twice.
-func (d *deck) variants() []string {
+func (d *Deck) Variants() []string {
 	if d == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -129,6 +132,33 @@ func (d *deck) variants() []string {
 	return out
 }
 
+// VariantsOf returns the wordings the file gives for one key, for a test that
+// has something to say about every one of them.
+func (d *Deck) VariantsOf(key string) []string {
+	if d == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return d.file.Entries[key].Variants
+}
+
+// UnfixedSingles lists the keys with exactly one variant that are not marked
+// fixed. Nothing breaks on one — the picker has nothing to pick either way — but
+// the flag is what a reader goes by, and parallel entries disagreeing about it
+// is how a family stops being readable. Load already rejects the other half of
+// the rule, fixed with more than one variant, so this is the pair to it.
+func (d *Deck) UnfixedSingles() []string {
+	if d == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	var out []string
+	for _, k := range d.keys {
+		if e := d.file.Entries[k]; len(e.Variants) == 1 && !e.Fixed {
+			out = append(out, k)
+		}
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
 // fillable narrows variants to the ones this call can actually say, which is
 // the rule an optional placeholder needs: a caller with nothing to put in
 // {tail} must not be handed a variant that has one. Two passes, because both
@@ -185,7 +215,7 @@ func placeholders(tmpl string) []string {
 }
 
 // pick chooses at random, skipping whatever this entry said last time.
-func (d *deck) pick(key string, variants []string) string {
+func (d *Deck) pick(key string, variants []string) string {
 	d.mu.Lock()
 	defer d.mu.Unlock()
 
@@ -211,18 +241,18 @@ func (d *deck) pick(key string, variants []string) string {
 // lookup ever crosses families. It used to go through one global map keyed by
 // bare entry name, which two families both calling an entry query_unknown
 // silently shared: whichever registered last answered for both (Vikunja #521).
-func floorOf(d *deck, key string) string {
+func floorOf(d *Deck, key string) string {
 	if d == nil {
 		return ""
 	}
 	return d.floor[key]
 }
 
-// floorDeck — the deck a family falls back to when its file will not load. It
+// FloorDeck — the deck a family falls back to when its file will not load. It
 // has no entries, so every read drops through to the floor literals, and it is
-// a real *deck so no accessor has to know which case it is in.
-func floorDeck(floor map[string]string) *deck {
-	return &deck{last: map[string]string{}, floor: floor}
+// a real *Deck so no accessor has to know which case it is in.
+func FloorDeck(floor map[string]string) *Deck {
+	return &Deck{last: map[string]string{}, floor: floor}
 }
 
 // fill substitutes {name} for each var. A placeholder with no value is left
diff --git a/internal/say/summary.go b/internal/say/summary.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac70341
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/say/summary.go
@@ -0,0 +1,191 @@
+package say
+
+// The summary sentences — what she says around aggregated data: the morning
+// plan, the ranked task list, and the habits read back out of behaviour records.
+//
+// Fifth family on the deck, and the first one outside internal/phraser. It
+// lives here because its three callers — internal/morning, internal/tasks and
+// internal/memory — sit under phraser in the import graph and cannot reach it.
+//
+// The "I have not seen enough yet" sentences are the load-bearing ones. Three
+// days of taps and a year of them produce the same "обычно ты ...", and only one
+// of those is worth believing, so the empty cases say she has not seen a
+// pattern rather than that he has none.
+
+import (
+	_ "embed"
+	"log"
+	"math/rand"
+	"sync"
+)
+
+//go:embed summary_ru_v1.json
+var summaryJSON []byte
+
+// SummarySchemaVersion — this family's own version.
+const SummarySchemaVersion = 1
+
+// The entry keys.
+const (
+	PlanRestEmpty = "plan_rest_empty"
+	PlanDayEmpty  = "plan_day_empty"
+	PlanDay       = "plan_day"
+	PlanUncertain = "plan_uncertain"
+
+	TasksNone       = "tasks_none"
+	TasksFirst      = "tasks_first"
+	TasksCandidates = "tasks_candidates"
+
+	ReasonOverdue     = "reason_overdue"
+	ReasonOverdueDay  = "reason_overdue_day"
+	ReasonOverdueDays = "reason_overdue_days"
+	ReasonToday       = "reason_today"
+	ReasonTomorrow    = "reason_tomorrow"
+	ReasonInDays      = "reason_in_days"
+	ReasonImportant   = "reason_important"
+	ReasonUrgent      = "reason_urgent"
+	ReasonStale       = "reason_stale"
+
+	HabitWeekday     = "habit_weekday"
+	HabitWeekdaySame = "habit_weekday_same"
+	HabitWeekdayNone = "habit_weekday_none"
+	HabitWeekendBoth = "habit_weekend_both"
+	HabitWeekendSat  = "habit_weekend_sat"
+	HabitWeekendSun  = "habit_weekend_sun"
+	HabitWeekendSame = "habit_weekend_same"
+	HabitWeekendNone = "habit_weekend_none"
+	HabitOverall     = "habit_overall"
+	HabitOverallNone = "habit_overall_none"
+	HabitSpanToday   = "habit_span_today"
+	HabitSpanDays    = "habit_span_days"
+	HabitUnglossed   = "habit_unglossed"
+	HabitAt          = "habit_at"
+)
+
+var summaryKeys = []string{
+	PlanRestEmpty, PlanDayEmpty, PlanDay, PlanUncertain,
+	TasksNone, TasksFirst, TasksCandidates,
+	ReasonOverdue, ReasonOverdueDay, ReasonOverdueDays, ReasonToday, ReasonTomorrow,
+	ReasonInDays, ReasonImportant, ReasonUrgent, ReasonStale,
+	HabitWeekday, HabitWeekdaySame, HabitWeekdayNone,
+	HabitWeekendBoth, HabitWeekendSat, HabitWeekendSun, HabitWeekendSame, HabitWeekendNone,
+	HabitOverall, HabitOverallNone, HabitSpanToday, HabitSpanDays,
+	HabitUnglossed, HabitAt,
+}
+
+// summaryFloor — the literal each key falls back to when the file is unusable.
+// These are the exact strings that lived in Go before this file existed.
+var summaryFloor = map[string]string{
+	PlanRestEmpty: "на сегодня больше ничего не запланировано.",
+	PlanDayEmpty:  "на {date} ничего не запланировано.",
+	PlanDay:       "план на {date}: {items}.",
+	PlanUncertain: "похоже, {line}",
+
+	TasksNone:       "задач нет.",
+	TasksFirst:      "сначала: {items}.",
+	TasksCandidates: "ещё я нашла, но ты не подтвердил: {items}.",
+
+	ReasonOverdue:     "просрочено",
+	ReasonOverdueDay:  "просрочено на день",
+	ReasonOverdueDays: "просрочено на {n} дн.",
+	ReasonToday:       "сегодня",
+	ReasonTomorrow:    "завтра",
+	ReasonInDays:      "через {n} дн.",
+	ReasonImportant:   "важно",
+	ReasonUrgent:      "срочно",
+	ReasonStale:       "давно в списке",
+
+	HabitWeekday:     "по {day} ты обычно {items}.",
+	HabitWeekdaySame: "по {day} у тебя нет ничего особенного — то же, что и в остальные дни: {items}.",
+	HabitWeekdayNone: "по {day} я пока не вижу у тебя ничего постоянного.",
+	HabitWeekendBoth: "по субботам ты обычно {sat}, по воскресеньям — {sun}.",
+	HabitWeekendSat:  "по субботам ты обычно {items}, а по воскресеньям ничего постоянного.",
+	HabitWeekendSun:  "по воскресеньям ты обычно {items}, а по субботам ничего постоянного.",
+	HabitWeekendSame: "по выходным у тебя нет ничего особенного — то же, что и в остальные дни: {items}.",
+	HabitWeekendNone: "по выходным я пока не вижу у тебя ничего постоянного.",
+	HabitOverall:     "обычно ты {items} — {span}.",
+	HabitOverallNone: "я ещё не набрала достаточно записей, чтобы говорить о привычках.",
+	HabitSpanToday:   "по записям за сегодня",
+	HabitSpanDays:    "по записям за последние {n} {word}",
+	HabitUnglossed:   "отмечаешь «{key}»",
+	HabitAt:          "{gloss} около {time}",
+}
+
+// Summaries picks a hand-written Russian summary sentence. Safe for concurrent
+// use.
+type Summaries struct{ d *Deck }
+
+// LoadSummaries reads the embedded file. Pass a source to make the picking
+// reproducible in tests; nil seeds from the clock.
+func LoadSummaries(src rand.Source) (*Summaries, error) {
+	d, err := Load(summaryJSON, SummarySchemaVersion, summaryKeys, summaryFloor, src)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	// The entries that exist to read the aggregate back. A variant without the
+	// placeholder would summarise the data by dropping it.
+	for _, req := range []struct{ key, ph string }{
+		{PlanDayEmpty, "{date}"}, {PlanDay, "{date}"}, {PlanDay, "{items}"},
+		{PlanUncertain, "{line}"},
+		{TasksFirst, "{items}"}, {TasksCandidates, "{items}"},
+		{ReasonOverdueDays, "{n}"}, {ReasonInDays, "{n}"},
+		{HabitWeekday, "{day}"}, {HabitWeekday, "{items}"},
+		{HabitWeekdaySame, "{day}"}, {HabitWeekdaySame, "{items}"},
+		{HabitWeekdayNone, "{day}"},
+		{HabitWeekendBoth, "{sat}"}, {HabitWeekendBoth, "{sun}"},
+		{HabitWeekendSat, "{items}"}, {HabitWeekendSun, "{items}"},
+		{HabitWeekendSame, "{items}"},
+		{HabitOverall, "{items}"}, {HabitOverall, "{span}"},
+		{HabitSpanDays, "{n}"}, {HabitSpanDays, "{word}"},
+		{HabitUnglossed, "{key}"}, {HabitAt, "{gloss}"}, {HabitAt, "{time}"},
+	} {
+		if err := d.RequirePlaceholder(req.key, req.ph); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+	return &Summaries{d: d}, nil
+}
+
+// deck reads through a nil *Summaries, which is the unloadable-file case.
+func (s *Summaries) deck() *Deck {
+	if s == nil {
+		return FloorDeck(summaryFloor)
+	}
+	return s.d
+}
+
+// Say returns one line for key, with the values filled into the frame.
+func (s *Summaries) Say(key string, vars map[string]string) string {
+	return s.deck().Text(key, vars)
+}
+
+// Variants returns every line the file can produce, for the persona scorer.
+func (s *Summaries) Variants() []string { return s.deck().Variants() }
+
+var (
+	summaryOnce sync.Once
+	summaries   *Summaries
+)
+
+// DefaultSummaries returns the shared instance, loading it on first use. A
+// broken file logs once and leaves a nil *Summaries, which still answers from
+// summaryFloor.
+func DefaultSummaries() *Summaries {
+	summaryOnce.Do(func() {
+		s, err := LoadSummaries(nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Printf("say: summary lines unavailable, using the built-in ones: %v", err)
+			return
+		}
+		summaries = s
+	})
+	return summaries
+}
+
+// S — one summary sentence, the way every caller says it.
+func S(key string, vars map[string]string) string { return DefaultSummaries().Say(key, vars) }
+
+// IsS reports whether text is a line key could have produced, for the tests.
+func IsS(key string, vars map[string]string, text string) bool {
+	return DefaultSummaries().deck().Matches(key, vars, text)
+}
diff --git a/internal/say/summary_ru_v1.json b/internal/say/summary_ru_v1.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c387290
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/say/summary_ru_v1.json
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+{
+  "schema_version": 1,
+  "name": "russian summary sentences v1",
+  "notes": [
+    "The sentences she builds around aggregated data: the morning plan, the ranked task list, and the habits she reads back out of behaviour records.",
+    "Rules: she is feminine about herself, he is a man addressed as ты. Never вы/вас/ваш, never он/его about him. No pet names.",
+    "\"I have not seen enough yet\" and \"there is nothing there\" are different claims, and the habit entries keep the first. Three days of taps do not license a statement about his life, so habit_*_none says she does not see a pattern, never that he has no habits.",
+    "Placeholders: {date} a formatted date, {items} a joined list, {day} a weekday name, {span} the stretch of records a habit claim rests on, {n} a count, {word} a Russian count form built Go-side.",
+    "The count forms (день/дня/дней, задача/задачи/задач) are morphology, not copy. They stay in Go and arrive here through {word}.",
+    "fixed: true means exactly one variant and no picking. Used where the wording is the distinction: the day that is over versus the day that was empty, and the list of tasks he never confirmed."
+  ],
+  "entries": {
+    "plan_rest_empty": {
+      "fixed": true,
+      "variants": ["на сегодня больше ничего не запланировано."]
+    },
+    "plan_day_empty": {
+      "fixed": true,
+      "variants": ["на {date} ничего не запланировано."]
+    },
+    "plan_day": {
+      "fixed": true,
+      "variants": ["план на {date}: {items}."]
+    },
+    "plan_uncertain": {
+      "fixed": true,
+      "variants": ["похоже, {line}"]
+    },
+
+    "tasks_none": {
+      "fixed": true,
+      "variants": ["задач нет."]
+    },
+    "tasks_first": {
+      "fixed": true,
+      "variants": ["сначала: {items}."]
+    },
+    "tasks_candidates": {
+      "fixed": true,
+      "variants": ["ещё я нашла, но ты не подтвердил: {items}."]
+    },
+
+    "reason_overdue": {
+      "fixed": true,
+      "variants": ["просрочено"]
+    },
+    "reason_overdue_day": {
+      "fixed": true,
+      "variants": ["просрочено на день"]
+    },
+    "reason_overdue_days": {
+      "fixed": true,
+      "variants": ["просрочено на {n} дн."]
+    },
+    "reason_today": {
+      "fixed": true,
+      "variants": ["сегодня"]
+    },
+    "reason_tomorrow": {
+      "fixed": true,
+      "variants": ["завтра"]
+    },
+    "reason_in_days": {
+      "fixed": true,
+      "variants": ["через {n} дн."]
+    },
+    "reason_important": {
+      "fixed": true,
+      "variants": ["важно"]
+    },
+    "reason_urgent": {
+      "fixed": true,
+      "variants": ["срочно"]
+    },
+    "reason_stale": {
+      "fixed": true,
+      "variants": ["давно в списке"]
+    },
+
+    "habit_weekday": {
+      "fixed": true,
+      "variants": ["по {day} ты обычно {items}."]
+    },
+    "habit_weekday_same": {
+      "variants": [
+        "по {day} у тебя нет ничего особенного — то же, что и в остальные дни: {items}.",
+        "по {day} всё как обычно — то же, что и в остальные дни: {items}."
+      ]
+    },
+    "habit_weekday_none": {
+      "variants": [
+        "по {day} я пока не вижу у тебя ничего постоянного.",
+        "по {day} у тебя пока ничего постоянного не вижу — записей мало."
+      ]
+    },
+    "habit_weekend_both": {
+      "variants": ["по субботам ты обычно {sat}, по воскресеньям — {sun}."]
+    },
+    "habit_weekend_sat": {
+      "variants": ["по субботам ты обычно {items}, а по воскресеньям ничего постоянного."]
+    },
+    "habit_weekend_sun": {
+      "variants": ["по воскресеньям ты обычно {items}, а по субботам ничего постоянного."]
+    },
+    "habit_weekend_same": {
+      "variants": [
+        "по выходным у тебя нет ничего особенного — то же, что и в остальные дни: {items}.",
+        "по выходным всё как обычно — то же, что и в остальные дни: {items}."
+      ]
+    },
+    "habit_weekend_none": {
+      "variants": [
+        "по выходным я пока не вижу у тебя ничего постоянного.",
+        "по выходным у тебя пока ничего постоянного не вижу — записей мало."
+      ]
+    },
+    "habit_overall": {
+      "variants": ["обычно ты {items} — {span}."]
+    },
+    "habit_overall_none": {
+      "variants": [
+        "я ещё не набрала достаточно записей, чтобы говорить о привычках.",
+        "записей пока мало — на привычки я так не сошлюсь."
+      ]
+    },
+    "habit_span_today": {
+      "variants": ["по записям за сегодня"]
+    },
+    "habit_span_days": {
+      "variants": ["по записям за последние {n} {word}"]
+    },
+    "habit_unglossed": {
+      "fixed": true,
+      "variants": ["отмечаешь «{key}»"]
+    },
+    "habit_at": {
+      "fixed": true,
+      "variants": ["{gloss} около {time}"]
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/internal/say/summary_test.go b/internal/say/summary_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be1bd13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/say/summary_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package say
+
+import (
+	"math/rand"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// The file has to load, and every key the code names has to be in it.
+func TestSummariesLoad(t *testing.T) {
+	s, err := LoadSummaries(rand.NewSource(1))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("load: %v", err)
+	}
+	for _, key := range summaryKeys {
+		if got := s.Say(key, nil); got == "" {
+			t.Errorf("%s says nothing", key)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// A nil *Summaries is the unloadable-file case, and it must still speak. The
+// habit sentences are the ones that matter here: falling back must not turn
+// "I have not seen enough" into silence.
+func TestNilSummariesAnswerFromTheFloor(t *testing.T) {
+	var s *Summaries
+	if got, want := s.Say(HabitOverallNone, nil), summaryFloor[HabitOverallNone]; got != want {
+		t.Errorf("got %q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
+	if got := s.Say(PlanDay, map[string]string{"date": "03.08.2026", "items": "x"}); !strings.Contains(got, "03.08.2026") {
+		t.Errorf("the floor dropped the date: %q", got)
+	}
+}
+
+// The empty cases claim she has not seen enough, never that he has no habits.
+// Every variant has to hold that line, since the picker treats them as equals.
+func TestHabitGapsSaySheHasNotSeenEnough(t *testing.T) {
+	s, err := LoadSummaries(rand.NewSource(1))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("load: %v", err)
+	}
+	for _, key := range []string{HabitWeekdayNone, HabitWeekendNone, HabitOverallNone} {
+		for _, v := range s.d.file.Entries[key].Variants {
+			if !strings.Contains(v, "пока") && !strings.Contains(v, "ещё") {
+				t.Errorf("%s variant %q reads as a fact about him, not as a gap in her records", key, v)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/tasks/rank.go b/internal/tasks/rank.go
index e2f88fd..8121102 100644
--- a/internal/tasks/rank.go
+++ b/internal/tasks/rank.go
@@ -19,8 +19,11 @@ package tasks
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"sort"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/say"
 )
 
 // Status values, mirroring internal/store so a caller can rank ipc.Task rows
@@ -117,21 +120,21 @@ func score(it Item, now time.Time) (float64, string) {
 				bonus = scoreOverdueCap
 			}
 			total += scoreOverdue + bonus
-			reason = "просрочено"
+			reason = say.S(say.ReasonOverdue, nil)
 			if late == 1 {
-				reason = "просрочено на день"
+				reason = say.S(say.ReasonOverdueDay, nil)
 			} else if late > 1 {
-				reason = fmt.Sprintf("просрочено на %d дн.", late)
+				reason = say.S(say.ReasonOverdueDays, map[string]string{"n": strconv.Itoa(late)})
 			}
 		case days == 0:
 			total += scoreDueToday
-			reason = "сегодня"
+			reason = say.S(say.ReasonToday, nil)
 		case days == 1:
 			total += scoreDueTomorrow
-			reason = "завтра"
+			reason = say.S(say.ReasonTomorrow, nil)
 		case days <= 7:
 			total += scoreDueWeek
-			reason = fmt.Sprintf("через %d дн.", days)
+			reason = say.S(say.ReasonInDays, map[string]string{"n": strconv.Itoa(days)})
 		default:
 			total += scoreDueLater
 		}
@@ -147,9 +150,9 @@ func score(it Item, now time.Time) (float64, string) {
 			// The rungs get their own words. The reason string is the one place
 			// the ranking explains itself, and reading "важно" back at a task
 			// he flagged "срочно" reports a word he did not say.
-			reason = "важно"
+			reason = say.S(say.ReasonImportant, nil)
 			if w >= MaxWeight {
-				reason = "срочно"
+				reason = say.S(say.ReasonUrgent, nil)
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -163,7 +166,7 @@ func score(it Item, now time.Time) (float64, string) {
 			}
 			total += age
 			if reason == "" && weeks >= 2 {
-				reason = "давно в списке"
+				reason = say.S(say.ReasonStale, nil)
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -210,22 +213,22 @@ func FormatRU(ranked []Ranked) string {
 		}
 	}
 	if len(open) == 0 && len(cands) == 0 {
-		return "задач нет."
+		return say.S(say.TasksNone, nil)
 	}
 
 	var b strings.Builder
 	if len(open) > 0 {
-		b.WriteString("сначала: ")
-		b.WriteString(joinRU(open, SpokenLimit, true))
-		b.WriteString(".")
+		b.WriteString(say.S(say.TasksFirst, map[string]string{
+			"items": joinRU(open, SpokenLimit, true),
+		}))
 	}
 	if len(cands) > 0 {
 		if b.Len() > 0 {
 			b.WriteString(" ")
 		}
-		b.WriteString("ещё я нашла, но ты не подтвердил: ")
-		b.WriteString(joinRU(cands, SpokenLimit, false))
-		b.WriteString(".")
+		b.WriteString(say.S(say.TasksCandidates, map[string]string{
+			"items": joinRU(cands, SpokenLimit, false),
+		}))
 	}
 	return b.String()
 }