diff --git a/internal/capture/capture.go b/internal/capture/capture.go
index 4607d67..3d1bfb1 100644
--- a/internal/capture/capture.go
+++ b/internal/capture/capture.go
@@ -626,6 +626,9 @@ func windowBytes(f audio.Format, window time.Duration) int64 {
 	if bps <= 0 || f.SampleRate <= 0 || window <= 0 {
 		return 0
 	}
-	per := int64(window.Seconds()) * bytesPerSecond(f)
+	// Fractional seconds count. Truncating the window to whole seconds turned
+	// any sub-second window into zero bytes, which the caller reads as "no
+	// window" and answers by handing the transcriber the entire meeting at once.
+	per := int64(window.Seconds() * float64(bytesPerSecond(f)))
 	return per - per%bps
 }
diff --git a/internal/capture/summarize.go b/internal/capture/summarize.go
index 9dfa399..388a2cd 100644
--- a/internal/capture/summarize.go
+++ b/internal/capture/summarize.go
@@ -193,9 +193,7 @@ func ChunkText(text string, maxRunes int) []string {
 			// Oversized sentence: emit what is buffered, then cut this one on
 			// word boundaries.
 			flush()
-			for _, piece := range splitWords(sr, maxRunes) {
-				out = append(out, piece)
-			}
+			out = append(out, splitWords(sr, maxRunes)...)
 			continue
 		}
 		if len(cur)+len(sr) > maxRunes {
diff --git a/internal/dialogue/clarify.go b/internal/dialogue/clarify.go
index 474cd67..9337095 100644
--- a/internal/dialogue/clarify.go
+++ b/internal/dialogue/clarify.go
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ type PendingQuestion struct {
 	// request rather than alone: "завтра" names a day for an hour said earlier.
 	WhenText string
 	Asked    time.Time
-	TTL       time.Duration
-	Attempts  int // questions already asked
+	TTL      time.Duration
+	Attempts int // questions already asked
 	// MaxAttempts caps Attempts. 0 ⇒ DefaultMaxAttempts.
 	MaxAttempts int
 }
@@ -104,11 +104,14 @@ type ClarifyStore struct {
 // reply can carry.
 const MaxStackDepth = 2
 
+// DefaultClarifyTTL — how long a parked question stays his answer to give.
+// Short, like confirmTTL in voice.go: a clarifying question is a same-breath
+// gesture, and a stale one should not eat a later utterance.
+const DefaultClarifyTTL = 90 * time.Second
+
 func NewClarifyStore(defaultTTL time.Duration) *ClarifyStore {
 	if defaultTTL <= 0 {
-		// Short, like confirmTTL in voice.go: a clarifying question is a
-		// same-breath gesture, a stale one should not eat a later utterance.
-		defaultTTL = 90 * time.Second
+		defaultTTL = DefaultClarifyTTL
 	}
 	return &ClarifyStore{
 		stacks:     make(map[string][]*PendingQuestion),
@@ -151,9 +154,15 @@ func (s *ClarifyStore) Push(id string, q *PendingQuestion) *PendingQuestion {
 	return dropped
 }
 
-// Peek returns the live question on top, or nil when there is none. Expired
-// entries below it are left alone: TakeExpired is what reports those, and
-// dropping one here would be the silent death this store is careful about.
+// Peek returns the live question on top, or nil when there is none. An expired
+// top takes the whole stack with it, exactly as Pop does: the clock that killed
+// it has been running for everything underneath too.
+//
+// That drop is silent, which is the death this store is otherwise careful
+// about, so TakeExpired has to run BEFORE Peek on a turn — it is what counts the
+// dropped questions and tells him they are gone. cmd/mavend/voice.go calls
+// clarifyExpiredNotice first for that reason, and reordering the two makes the
+// notice unreachable rather than wrong.
 func (s *ClarifyStore) Peek(id string, now time.Time) *PendingQuestion {
 	s.mu.RLock()
 	stack := s.stacks[id]
diff --git a/internal/dialogue/session.go b/internal/dialogue/session.go
index d71cbf1..32c9051 100644
--- a/internal/dialogue/session.go
+++ b/internal/dialogue/session.go
@@ -87,9 +87,14 @@ type SessionStore struct {
 	persist    SessionPersister // may be nil: memory only (tests, no-store paths)
 }
 
+// DefaultSessionTTL — how long a turn stays available to inherit from. Longer
+// than DefaultClarifyTTL because this is not a question waiting on an answer:
+// it is the last thing said, and a follow-up may land after a real pause.
+const DefaultSessionTTL = 2 * time.Minute
+
 func NewSessionStore(defaultTTL time.Duration) *SessionStore {
 	if defaultTTL <= 0 {
-		defaultTTL = 2 * time.Minute
+		defaultTTL = DefaultSessionTTL
 	}
 	return &SessionStore{
 		sessions:   make(map[string]*Session),