diff --git a/cmd/mavend/clarify.go b/cmd/mavend/clarify.go
index 75d6691..81d271b 100644
--- a/cmd/mavend/clarify.go
+++ b/cmd/mavend/clarify.go
@@ -348,9 +348,18 @@ func (h *reactiveHandler) rememberTurn(prev *dialogue.Session, dec router.Decisi
 	if dec.Intent == router.IntentChat {
 		ttl = 15 * time.Minute // conversational turns should last longer
 	}
+	// A system or query turn often carries no Text slot at all — a stage-0
+	// grammar fills none. The next turn may be an ellipsis ("а завтра?"),
+	// which knows the day but not what was asked ABOUT, so keep the raw
+	// utterance where continuation.go can find it. Only these two intents:
+	// everywhere else Text is a payload and must stay what the router put in.
+	slots := toDialogueSlots(dec.Slots)
+	if slots.Text == "" && (dec.Intent == router.IntentSystem || dec.Intent == router.IntentQuery) {
+		slots.Text = dec.Utterance
+	}
 	h.dialogueSessions.Put(voiceDialogueID, &dialogue.Session{
 		Intent:    dialogue.Intent(dec.Intent),
-		Slots:     toDialogueSlots(dec.Slots),
+		Slots:     slots,
 		Timestamp: now,
 		TTL:       ttl,
 		History:   history,
diff --git a/cmd/mavend/continuation_test.go b/cmd/mavend/continuation_test.go
index 931bcff..f4816f9 100644
--- a/cmd/mavend/continuation_test.go
+++ b/cmd/mavend/continuation_test.go
@@ -101,3 +101,18 @@ func TestContinuationNeverCarriesAnFn(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("carried fn %q into a continuation", dec.Slots.Fn)
 	}
 }
+
+// TestContinuationCarriesTheTopic — the ellipsis names the day; what he is
+// asking ABOUT has to come from the previous turn, or replySystem keyword-
+// matches "а завтра?" and finds nothing. Caught on the deployed daemon.
+func TestContinuationCarriesTheTopic(t *testing.T) {
+	prev := contSession(dialogue.IntentSystem, "")
+	prev.Slots.Text = "какой сегодня день"
+	dec, ok := continuationDecision(prev, "а завтра?", contNow)
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatal("want a decision")
+	}
+	if dec.Slots.Text != "какой сегодня день" {
+		t.Fatalf("Slots.Text = %q, want the previous turn's topic", dec.Slots.Text)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/cmd/mavend/voice.go b/cmd/mavend/voice.go
index 1428ef1..138b0d8 100644
--- a/cmd/mavend/voice.go
+++ b/cmd/mavend/voice.go
@@ -369,6 +369,17 @@ func (h *reactiveHandler) replySystem(ctx context.Context, dec router.Decision)
 	u := strings.ToLower(dec.Utterance)
 	now := h.now()
 
+	// The topic and the day come from different places on a continuation.
+	// "а завтра?" names the day and nothing else; what he is asking ABOUT
+	// lives in the previous turn, which continuation.go copied into
+	// Slots.Text. Dates keep parsing from the utterance — that is the part
+	// the ellipsis actually restates — and only the keyword match widens.
+	// On an ordinary turn Slots.Text is the utterance, so nothing changes.
+	topic := u
+	if t := strings.ToLower(dec.Slots.Text); t != "" && t != u {
+		topic = u + " " + t
+	}
+
 	// stage-0 grammars catch the exact time/date patterns, but duration
 	// queries ("сколько времени прошло") bypass the grammar's build filter
 	// and can reach replySystem via the classifier path. Guard against them.
@@ -377,14 +388,14 @@ func (h *reactiveHandler) replySystem(ctx context.Context, dec router.Decision)
 	}
 
 	switch {
-	case strings.Contains(u, "час") || strings.Contains(u, "врем"):
+	case strings.Contains(topic, "час") || strings.Contains(topic, "врем"):
 		// "который час в киеве" — she keeps one clock, so any named place gets
 		// the honest answer. Never local time dressed up as the city's.
 		if mentionsUnknownPlace(u) {
 			return onlyLocalTimeReply
 		}
 		return "сейчас " + ruClock(now)
-	case strings.Contains(u, "день") || strings.Contains(u, "числ"):
+	case strings.Contains(topic, "день") || strings.Contains(topic, "числ"):
 		// "какое число завтра" — answer for the day the user asked about,
 		// not today. Reuses the router's calendar day-word parser.
 		day := now