diff --git a/cmd/mavend/personalboundary.go b/cmd/mavend/personalboundary.go
index d71af54..d239bdd 100644
--- a/cmd/mavend/personalboundary.go
+++ b/cmd/mavend/personalboundary.go
@@ -94,6 +94,15 @@ var worldSeeds = []string{
 	// topic seeds had already let them past the weather source.
 	"какой сегодня курс валют",
 	"что сегодня происходит в мире",
+	// The narrative shape (Vikunja #554). "расскажи про Байкал" was refused as
+	// his by 0.0052, and nothing here was phrased as an order rather than a
+	// question: every world seed above opens with an interrogative. So a world
+	// question that names its subject and asks for prose landed nearer "я тебе
+	// рассказывал об этом?", which is the same verb about his own words.
+	"расскажи про байкал",
+	"расскажи про древний рим",
+	"объясни как работает двигатель",
+	"tell me about the roman empire",
 }
 
 // personalBoundary holds the embedded seeds. Zero value is usable and means
diff --git a/cmd/mavend/personalboundary_test.go b/cmd/mavend/personalboundary_test.go
index 4c62047..cc21295 100644
--- a/cmd/mavend/personalboundary_test.go
+++ b/cmd/mavend/personalboundary_test.go
@@ -82,6 +82,13 @@ func TestONNXPersonalBoundary(t *testing.T) {
 		{"какой сегодня праздник", false},
 		{"что интересного произошло сегодня в мире", false},
 		{"кто выиграл вчера матч", false},
+		// The narrative shape, held out from the seeds above (Vikunja #554).
+		// The control is the row after them: the same verb about his own words
+		// is still his.
+		{"расскажи про эверест", false},
+		{"расскажи про войну 1812 года", false},
+		{"объясни что такое инфляция", false},
+		{"я рассказывал тебе про байкал?", true},
 	}
 
 	h := &reactiveHandler{recall: recallWiring{embedder: emb}}