diff --git a/cmd/mavend/confirm.go b/cmd/mavend/confirm.go
index 83171fb..0fa21e1 100644
--- a/cmd/mavend/confirm.go
+++ b/cmd/mavend/confirm.go
@@ -107,14 +107,18 @@ func (h *reactiveHandler) confirmResolvers(ctx context.Context) []confirmResolve
 				return pr != nil && !h.now().After(pr.expiry)
 			},
 			yes: func() string {
-				// Only record the acceptance. The tick loop reads accepted
-				// routines and nudges on their own interval. Building a
-				// reminder here made a routine fire exactly once (Vikunja #366).
-				if err := h.dataStore.AcceptProposedRoutine(ctx, pr.routineID, h.now()); err != nil {
-					log.Printf("voice: accept proposed routine: %v", err)
-					return "не получилось запомнить рутину."
-				}
-				return "буду напоминать."
+				// Voice does NOT accept (Vikunja #367). Accepting hands the
+				// tick loop a standing new reason to speak, which is the same
+				// tier as enabling a tool — and DESIGN.md § "surface caps
+				// authority" says a room mic, reachable by anyone present, is
+				// structurally incapable of layer 3. So a spoken "да" leaves
+				// the row 'proposed' and points at the authed page, where the
+				// accept button is gated at step-up. The convenience of
+				// answering out loud stays; the authority does not move.
+				//
+				// Acceptance itself is recorded by /routines, and the tick
+				// loop nudges on the interval from there (Vikunja #366).
+				return "поняла — подтверди на странице рутин, и начну напоминать."
 			},
 			no: func() string {
 				if err := h.dataStore.DismissProposedRoutine(ctx, pr.routineID); err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/mavend/patterns_test.go b/cmd/mavend/patterns_test.go
index 1b14524..0809f73 100644
--- a/cmd/mavend/patterns_test.go
+++ b/cmd/mavend/patterns_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/config"
 	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/delivery"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/ipc"
 	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/loop"
 	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/pattern"
 	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/store"
@@ -283,3 +284,81 @@ func TestTickProposalCooldownSpacesAnnouncements(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+// TestVoiceYesDoesNotAcceptRoutine — Vikunja #367. Accepting a routine hands
+// the tick loop a standing new reason to speak, which DESIGN.md puts at layer
+// 3, and voice is structurally incapable of layer 3. A spoken "да" must park
+// the decision for the authed page, not flip the row itself.
+func TestVoiceYesDoesNotAcceptRoutine(t *testing.T) {
+	st := newTestStore(t)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	now := refNow()
+	seedRefillEvents(t, st, ctx, now, pattern.MinEvents-1)
+
+	h := &reactiveHandler{api: ipc.NewStoreAPI(st), dataStore: st, now: func() time.Time { return now }}
+
+	// The MinEvents'th event is the one that makes the pattern detectable, and
+	// it goes through the voice path so the proposal is parked for a y/n.
+	last := now.Add(time.Duration(pattern.MinEvents-1) * 7 * 24 * time.Hour)
+	factID, err := st.WriteFact(ctx, last, store.KindSelf, "cat_water", "refill", "voice", 1.0, sql.NullInt64{})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("write fact: %v", err)
+	}
+	if phrase := h.detectPattern(ctx, factID, "cat_water", "refill", last); phrase == "" {
+		t.Fatal("expected a parked routine proposal")
+	}
+
+	reply, handled := h.resolveConfirm(ctx, "да")
+	if !handled {
+		t.Fatal("the spoken yes should be consumed by the routine confirm")
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(reply, "рутин") {
+		t.Fatalf("reply should send him to the routines page, got %q", reply)
+	}
+
+	rows, err := st.ListProposedRoutinesByStatus(ctx, store.RoutineAccepted)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("list accepted: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(rows) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("voice accepted a routine: %+v", rows)
+	}
+	proposed, err := st.ListProposedRoutinesByStatus(ctx, store.RoutineProposed)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("list proposed: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(proposed) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("proposed routines = %d, want 1 (still waiting for the page)", len(proposed))
+	}
+}
+
+// TestVoiceNoStillDismissesRoutine — declining does not move the boundary
+// outward, so voice keeps it. Only acceptance is gated.
+func TestVoiceNoStillDismissesRoutine(t *testing.T) {
+	st := newTestStore(t)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	now := refNow()
+	seedRefillEvents(t, st, ctx, now, pattern.MinEvents-1)
+
+	h := &reactiveHandler{api: ipc.NewStoreAPI(st), dataStore: st, now: func() time.Time { return now }}
+
+	last := now.Add(time.Duration(pattern.MinEvents-1) * 7 * 24 * time.Hour)
+	factID, err := st.WriteFact(ctx, last, store.KindSelf, "cat_water", "refill", "voice", 1.0, sql.NullInt64{})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("write fact: %v", err)
+	}
+	if phrase := h.detectPattern(ctx, factID, "cat_water", "refill", last); phrase == "" {
+		t.Fatal("expected a parked routine proposal")
+	}
+
+	if _, handled := h.resolveConfirm(ctx, "нет"); !handled {
+		t.Fatal("the spoken no should be consumed by the routine confirm")
+	}
+	rows, err := st.ListProposedRoutinesByStatus(ctx, store.RoutineDismissed)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("list dismissed: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(rows) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("dismissed routines = %d, want 1", len(rows))
+	}
+}
diff --git a/cmd/mavweb/main.go b/cmd/mavweb/main.go
index 2f00dff..be7e5eb 100644
--- a/cmd/mavweb/main.go
+++ b/cmd/mavweb/main.go
@@ -1210,13 +1210,10 @@ func routineRows(rs []ipc.ProposedRoutine) []routineRow {
 	return out
 }
 
-// acceptRoutine creates the recurring reminder for a proposal, then marks the
-// proposal accepted and links the reminder to it. Weekly patterns get a cron
-// expression; any other interval fires once.
-//
-// TODO(vikunja#46): this mirrors the voice accept path in cmd/mavend/voice.go.
-// When the tick loop learns to read accepted proposals directly, both callers
-// should hand off to one place in core instead of each building a reminder.
+// acceptRoutine marks a proposal accepted. This page is the ONLY surface that
+// may do it (Vikunja #367): accepting gives the tick loop a standing new
+// reason to speak, which DESIGN.md puts at layer 3, and the button here is
+// behind step-up. Voice can park the question and dismiss, never accept.
 func acceptRoutine(ctx context.Context, core ipc.CoreAPI, id int64) error {
 	proposed, err := core.ListProposedRoutines(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/phraser/llmphraser.go b/internal/phraser/llmphraser.go
index ba690b1..b1a3e16 100644
--- a/internal/phraser/llmphraser.go
+++ b/internal/phraser/llmphraser.go
@@ -534,8 +534,14 @@ func (p *LLMPhraser) PhraseReminder(ctx context.Context, d loop.ReminderDecision
 		text = "reminder"
 	}
 
+	// Russian, like the other two prompts (Vikunja #404). Asking a model for a
+	// Russian reply in English is asking it to switch languages mid-prompt,
+	// and a 1.7B sometimes answers in the language it was asked in. The
+	// persona rules and the JSON contract are not repeated here: this call
+	// goes through chat(), so nudgeSystem already states both, and a second
+	// statement of the same contract is one more thing that can drift.
 	prompt := fmt.Sprintf(
-		`The user set a reminder: "%s". Rephrase it briefly as a gentle nudge. Respond as JSON: {"response": "...", "mood": "..."}`,
+		`Он поставил напоминание: "%s". Скажи это своими словами, коротко и мягко — одно предложение.`,
 		text,
 	)
 	resp, err := p.chat(ctx, prompt)
@@ -754,7 +760,7 @@ func (p *LLMPhraser) querySystemPrompt() string {
 	base := "Ты отвечаешь ему по источникам, которые тебе дали. Отвечай ТОЛЬКО по ним: всё, что ты говоришь, должно быть написано в источниках. " +
 		"Если ответа в них нет — так и скажи и на этом остановись; не добавляй ничего из своих знаний и не догадывайся. " +
 		"Не приплетай прошлые реплики разговора. " +
-		"Отвечай по-русски, коротко и своими словами, начинай с \"вот что я нашла: \". О себе — в женском роде, глаголы в прошедшем времени с окончанием -ла. Он мужчина, обращайся к нему на \"ты\". Respond ONLY with valid JSON: {\"response\": \"...\", \"mood\": \"neutral\"}."
+		"Отвечай по-русски, коротко и своими словами, начинай с \"вот что я нашла: \". 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\"}."
 	return persona.Prepend(p.cfg.ContextBlock, base)
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/router/knowledge.go b/internal/router/knowledge.go
index d425e95..0d3d7cc 100644
--- a/internal/router/knowledge.go
+++ b/internal/router/knowledge.go
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ func KnowledgePrompt() string {
 	// No self-introduction here: the shared persona block already says who she
 	// is, and this line used to disagree with it — a different name ("Мавена")
 	// and a masculine noun ("ассистент") in front of a feminine persona.
-	return `Ответь кратко из своих знаний. Если не знаешь — скажи "не знаю". Не выдумывай. Respond ONLY with valid JSON: {"response": "...", "mood": "neutral"}.`
+	return `Ответь кратко из своих знаний. Если не знаешь — скажи "не знаю". Не выдумывай. Отвечай ТОЛЬКО одним объектом JSON: {"response": "...", "mood": "neutral"}.`
 }