diff --git a/cmd/mavend/actions_query.go b/cmd/mavend/actions_query.go
index b192892..e24651a 100644
--- a/cmd/mavend/actions_query.go
+++ b/cmd/mavend/actions_query.go
@@ -122,6 +122,12 @@ var querySources = []querySource{
 	{name: "network", answer: (*reactiveHandler).queryNetwork},
 	{name: "calendar", answer: (*reactiveHandler).queryCalendar, dateAware: true},
 	{name: "weather", answer: (*reactiveHandler).queryWeather},
+	// A question about her, above the three sources that search his own data
+	// (Vikunja #555). It has no answer anywhere else: below the boundary
+	// SearXNG answers about somebody else's assistant, and above it his notes
+	// answer by proximity — "кто ты" came back from a note of his, measured on
+	// the box, because the recall index has no idea the subject is her.
+	{name: "self", answer: (*reactiveHandler).querySelf},
 	{name: "embed", answer: (*reactiveHandler).queryEmbed},
 	{name: "memory", answer: (*reactiveHandler).queryMemory},
 	{name: "notes", answer: (*reactiveHandler).queryNotes},
@@ -129,11 +135,6 @@ var querySources = []querySource{
 	// below answers from the world's. A question about him that got this far
 	// has no answer in his data, and no outside source can supply one, so this
 	// stops the walk rather than let the encyclopedia and the model guess.
-	// A question about her sits just above the boundary, because it has no
-	// answer below one: refusing it as his says "не нашла у тебя такой записи"
-	// about her own description, and letting it through asks SearXNG about
-	// somebody else's assistant (Vikunja #555).
-	{name: "self", answer: (*reactiveHandler).querySelf},
 	{name: "personal", answer: (*reactiveHandler).queryPersonal},
 	// The world, read live. Owner's ruling of 2026-08-02: a metasearch hit beats
 	// a frozen ZIM, so SearXNG asks before Kiwix does. Nothing of his is at
diff --git a/cmd/mavend/self.go b/cmd/mavend/self.go
index 58afaa9..dbe5dec 100644
--- a/cmd/mavend/self.go
+++ b/cmd/mavend/self.go
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ func (h *reactiveHandler) querySelf(ctx context.Context, t *queryTurn) (string,
 	var reply string
 	if h.phraser != nil {
 		var err error
-		reply, err = h.phraser.PhraseQuery(ctx, t.dec.Utterance, []string{selfDescription})
+		reply, err = h.phraser.PhraseSelf(ctx, t.dec.Utterance, selfDescription)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Printf("voice: phrase self: %v", err)
 		}
diff --git a/internal/phraser/llmphraser.go b/internal/phraser/llmphraser.go
index 84d486b..3b364a1 100644
--- a/internal/phraser/llmphraser.go
+++ b/internal/phraser/llmphraser.go
@@ -941,6 +941,36 @@ func (p *LLMPhraser) knowledgePrompt(utterance string) (sys, user string) {
 		fmt.Sprintf("Пользователь спрашивает: \"%s\".", utterance)
 }
 
+// PhraseSelf answers a question about her from her own description. Same
+// discipline as the evidence branch — say only what the text says — and a
+// different opener, because "вот что я нашла: я — твоя помощница" says she
+// looked herself up (Vikunja #555). She did not; this is the one subject she
+// does not have to read about.
+//
+// On any error it reads the description out rather than ship a fragment. That
+// is already a readable answer, which is why this needs no separate fallback.
+func (p *LLMPhraser) PhraseSelf(ctx context.Context, utterance, description string) (string, error) {
+	sys := persona.Prepend(p.cfg.ContextBlock,
+		"Он спрашивает о тебе. Отвечай ТОЛЬКО по описанию, которое тебе дали: всё, что ты говоришь о себе, должно быть в нём. "+
+			"Не добавляй умений, которых там нет, и не догадывайся. Не начинай с \"вот что я нашла\" — ты говоришь о себе, а не о находке. "+
+			"Отвечай по-русски, коротко и своими словами. О себе — в женском роде, глаголы в прошедшем времени с окончанием -ла. "+
+			"Он мужчина, обращайся к нему на \"ты\". Отвечай ТОЛЬКО одним объектом JSON: {\"response\": \"...\", \"mood\": \"neutral\"}.")
+	prompt := fmt.Sprintf("Он спрашивает: %q\n\nТвоё описание:\n%s\n\nОтветь ему на то, что он спросил.", utterance, description)
+	resp, err := p.chatWithSystem(ctx, sys, prompt, 768)
+	text, _, perr := parseResponseMood(resp)
+	if err != nil || perr != nil {
+		cause := err
+		if cause == nil {
+			cause = perr
+		}
+		return description, fmt.Errorf("phrase self: %w", cause)
+	}
+	if text != "" {
+		return text, nil
+	}
+	return description, nil
+}
+
 // evidencePrompt — the sources branch: read these, add nothing. Shared with
 // PhraseWorld for the same reason as knowledgePrompt.
 func (p *LLMPhraser) evidencePrompt(utterance string, notes []string) (sys, user string) {
diff --git a/internal/phraser/phraser.go b/internal/phraser/phraser.go
index 9cdb34b..df184fc 100644
--- a/internal/phraser/phraser.go
+++ b/internal/phraser/phraser.go
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ type Phraser interface {
 	PhraseNudge(ctx context.Context, c loop.Candidate) (delivery.PhrasedNudge, error)
 	PhraseReminder(ctx context.Context, d loop.ReminderDecision) (delivery.PhrasedReminder, error)
 	PhraseQuery(ctx context.Context, utterance string, notes []string) (string, error)
+	// PhraseSelf answers a question about her from her own description, which
+	// is not a source she read and must not be phrased as one (Vikunja #555).
+	PhraseSelf(ctx context.Context, utterance, description string) (string, error)
 	PhraseChat(ctx context.Context, utterance string, history []dialogue.Turn) (string, error)
 	Close() error
 }
@@ -81,6 +84,13 @@ func (s *Stub) PhraseQuery(_ context.Context, _ string, notes []string) (string,
 	return SourcesFallback(strings.Join(notes, "; ")), nil
 }
 
+// PhraseSelf reads the description out as it stands. There is nothing to fall
+// back to and nothing to shorten: the text is already written in her voice, and
+// that is the whole reason it is a constant rather than a prompt.
+func (s *Stub) PhraseSelf(_ context.Context, _, description string) (string, error) {
+	return description, nil
+}
+
 // Close implements Phraser.Close (no-op for the stub).
 func (s *Stub) Close() error { return nil }