diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 386c4a3..ecdf802 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ REPO_FACE_DISCORD_VOICE_ENABLED=false
 REPO_FACE_DISCORD_VOICE_CHANNEL_ID=
 REPO_FACE_DISCORD_VOICE_OUTBOX_PATH=.voidbot/status/repo-face-voice-outbox.jsonl
 REPO_FACE_DISCORD_VOICE_PLAYED_PATH=.voidbot/status/repo-face-voice-played.jsonl
+REPO_FACE_DISCORD_VOICE_PRESENCE_PATH=.voidbot/status/repo-face-voice-presence.json
 REPO_FACE_DISCORD_VOICE_POLL_INTERVAL_MS=5000
 METAME_OWNER_VOICE_ENABLED=false
 METAME_OWNER_VOICE_SOURCE_CHANNEL_ID=
diff --git a/apps/bot/src/repo-face-voice-playback.ts b/apps/bot/src/repo-face-voice-playback.ts
index 546cd6e..ed5e8a7 100644
--- a/apps/bot/src/repo-face-voice-playback.ts
+++ b/apps/bot/src/repo-face-voice-playback.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import {
   loadRepoFaceVoiceOutboxEntries,
   loadRepoFaceVoicePlayedIds,
   type RepoFaceVoiceOutboxEntry,
+  writeRepoFaceVoicePresenceSnapshot,
 } from "@voidbot/core";
 
 export interface RepoFaceVoicePlaybackOptions {
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ export interface RepoFaceVoicePlaybackOptions {
   channelId?: string;
   outboxPath: string;
   playedPath: string;
+  presencePath: string;
   pollIntervalMs: number;
 }
 
@@ -67,6 +69,22 @@ class RepoFaceVoicePlaybackRuntime {
       return;
     }
 
+    let channel: VoiceBasedChannel;
+    try {
+      channel = await this.resolveVoiceChannel();
+      const humanListenerCount = countHumanListeners(channel);
+      await writeRepoFaceVoicePresenceSnapshot(this.options.presencePath, {
+        schemaVersion: "voidbot.repo_face_voice_presence.v1",
+        channelId: channel.id,
+        observedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
+        humanListenerCount,
+        botListenerCount: channel.members.size - humanListenerCount,
+      });
+    } catch (error) {
+      const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
+      console.warn(`Repo Face voice presence poll failed: ${message}`);
+      return;
+    }
     const entries = await loadRepoFaceVoiceOutboxEntries(this.options.outboxPath);
     if (entries.length === 0) {
       return;
@@ -88,7 +106,7 @@ class RepoFaceVoicePlaybackRuntime {
     this.active = true;
     try {
       const channel = await this.resolveVoiceChannel();
-      if (!hasHumanListener(channel)) {
+      if (countHumanListeners(channel) <= 0) {
         console.log(
           `Skipped repo Face voice playback for ${entry.id}: no human listeners in channel ${this.options.channelId}.`,
         );
@@ -153,6 +171,6 @@ class RepoFaceVoicePlaybackRuntime {
   }
 }
 
-function hasHumanListener(channel: VoiceBasedChannel): boolean {
-  return channel.members.some((member) => !member.user.bot);
+function countHumanListeners(channel: VoiceBasedChannel): number {
+  return channel.members.filter((member) => !member.user.bot).size;
 }
diff --git a/apps/worker/src/index.ts b/apps/worker/src/index.ts
index 4b5c228..a4011fa 100644
--- a/apps/worker/src/index.ts
+++ b/apps/worker/src/index.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ import {
   applyVoidSelfStateOperation,
   findRepoDiscordIdentity,
   faceRegistryAsRepoDiscordRegistry,
+  hasFreshHumanRepoFaceVoiceListener,
   isRepoDiscordIdentityAllowedInChannel,
+  loadRepoFaceVoicePresenceSnapshot,
   type JobQueue,
   loadFaceIdentityRegistry,
   loadSystemMessageCatalog,
@@ -1458,6 +1460,19 @@ async function maybeRenderRepoIdentityWeksaSpeech(input: {
   if (!config.repoFaceWeksaSpeech.enabled) {
     return;
   }
+  if (!config.repoFaceDiscordVoice.enabled) {
+    return;
+  }
+  const voicePresence = await loadRepoFaceVoicePresenceSnapshot(config.repoFaceDiscordVoice.presencePath);
+  if (!hasFreshHumanRepoFaceVoiceListener({
+    snapshot: voicePresence,
+    channelId: config.repoFaceDiscordVoice.channelId,
+  })) {
+    console.log(
+      `Skipped Weksa speech for repo identity ${input.identity.id} message ${input.messageId}: no fresh human listener signal for configured Aquarium voice channel.`,
+    );
+    return;
+  }
   if (!input.identity.faceStatePath) {
     console.warn(
       `Skipped Weksa speech for repo identity ${input.identity.id}: no faceStatePath is registered.`,
diff --git a/packages/config/src/index.ts b/packages/config/src/index.ts
index 41d7551..e606ddc 100644
--- a/packages/config/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/config/src/index.ts
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ const envSchema = z.object({
   REPO_FACE_DISCORD_VOICE_CHANNEL_ID: optionalNonEmptyString,
   REPO_FACE_DISCORD_VOICE_OUTBOX_PATH: z.string().min(1).default(".voidbot/status/repo-face-voice-outbox.jsonl"),
   REPO_FACE_DISCORD_VOICE_PLAYED_PATH: z.string().min(1).default(".voidbot/status/repo-face-voice-played.jsonl"),
+  REPO_FACE_DISCORD_VOICE_PRESENCE_PATH: z.string().min(1).default(".voidbot/status/repo-face-voice-presence.json"),
   REPO_FACE_DISCORD_VOICE_POLL_INTERVAL_MS: z.coerce.number().int().positive().default(5000),
   METAME_OWNER_VOICE_ENABLED: booleanFromEnv.default(false),
   METAME_OWNER_VOICE_SOURCE_CHANNEL_ID: optionalNonEmptyString,
@@ -207,6 +208,7 @@ export interface AppConfig {
     channelId?: string;
     outboxPath: string;
     playedPath: string;
+    presencePath: string;
     pollIntervalMs: number;
   };
   metameOwnerVoice: {
@@ -467,6 +469,7 @@ export function loadConfig(env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv = process.env): AppConfig {
       channelId: parsed.REPO_FACE_DISCORD_VOICE_CHANNEL_ID,
       outboxPath: resolve(parsed.REPO_FACE_DISCORD_VOICE_OUTBOX_PATH),
       playedPath: resolve(parsed.REPO_FACE_DISCORD_VOICE_PLAYED_PATH),
+      presencePath: resolve(parsed.REPO_FACE_DISCORD_VOICE_PRESENCE_PATH),
       pollIntervalMs: parsed.REPO_FACE_DISCORD_VOICE_POLL_INTERVAL_MS,
     },
     metameOwnerVoice: {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/index.ts b/packages/core/src/index.ts
index 28c3c50..8c56611 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/index.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ export * from "./repo-discord-identities";
 export * from "./repo-face-heartbeat-queue";
 export * from "./repo-face-initializer";
 export * from "./repo-face-rest";
+export * from "./repo-face-voice-presence";
 export * from "./repo-face-voice-outbox";
 export * from "./situational-social-read";
 export * from "./state-storage";
diff --git a/packages/core/src/repo-face-voice-presence.ts b/packages/core/src/repo-face-voice-presence.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..72e5d2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/src/repo-face-voice-presence.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import { readFile, writeFile, mkdir } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { dirname } from "node:path";
+
+export interface RepoFaceVoicePresenceSnapshot {
+  schemaVersion: "voidbot.repo_face_voice_presence.v1";
+  channelId: string;
+  observedAt: string;
+  humanListenerCount: number;
+  botListenerCount: number;
+}
+
+export async function writeRepoFaceVoicePresenceSnapshot(
+  path: string,
+  snapshot: RepoFaceVoicePresenceSnapshot,
+): Promise<void> {
+  await mkdir(dirname(path), { recursive: true });
+  await writeFile(path, `${JSON.stringify(snapshot, null, 2)}\n`, "utf8");
+}
+
+export async function loadRepoFaceVoicePresenceSnapshot(
+  path: string,
+): Promise<RepoFaceVoicePresenceSnapshot | undefined> {
+  const content = await readFile(path, "utf8").catch((error: NodeJS.ErrnoException) => {
+    if (error.code === "ENOENT") {
+      return undefined;
+    }
+    throw error;
+  });
+  if (!content) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+  const parsed = JSON.parse(content) as Partial<RepoFaceVoicePresenceSnapshot>;
+  if (
+    parsed.schemaVersion !== "voidbot.repo_face_voice_presence.v1" ||
+    typeof parsed.channelId !== "string" ||
+    typeof parsed.observedAt !== "string" ||
+    typeof parsed.humanListenerCount !== "number"
+  ) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+  return {
+    schemaVersion: "voidbot.repo_face_voice_presence.v1",
+    channelId: parsed.channelId,
+    observedAt: parsed.observedAt,
+    humanListenerCount: parsed.humanListenerCount,
+    botListenerCount: typeof parsed.botListenerCount === "number" ? parsed.botListenerCount : 0,
+  };
+}
+
+export function hasFreshHumanRepoFaceVoiceListener(input: {
+  snapshot: RepoFaceVoicePresenceSnapshot | undefined;
+  channelId: string | undefined;
+  now?: Date;
+  maxAgeMs?: number;
+}): boolean {
+  if (!input.snapshot || !input.channelId || input.snapshot.channelId !== input.channelId) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  if (input.snapshot.humanListenerCount <= 0) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  const observedAt = Date.parse(input.snapshot.observedAt);
+  if (!Number.isFinite(observedAt)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  const nowMs = (input.now ?? new Date()).getTime();
+  return nowMs - observedAt <= (input.maxAgeMs ?? 30_000);
+}
diff --git a/state/evidence.jsonl b/state/evidence.jsonl
index 8ce5ed8..0787af9 100644
--- a/state/evidence.jsonl
+++ b/state/evidence.jsonl
@@ -358,3 +358,4 @@
 {"ts":"2026-06-13T08:34:42Z","type":"implementation","status":"ok","note":"Created native Moobs Persona CultCache state at .voidbot/private/personas/moobs/moobs.cc from D:/Downloads/Moobs.txt; Moobs remains outside repo Face/swarm registries and is for iVixey's separate Discord."}
 {"ts":"2026-06-13T12:09:58Z","type":"verification","status":"ok","note":"2026-06-13 local moderation heartbeat was re-enabled by setting VOIDBOT_MODERATION_HEARTBEAT_ENABLED=true while VOID_MODERATION_ENFORCEMENT_MODE=policy. A direct ModerationHeartbeatOnly pass completed ok in policy mode, observed 0 new messages past cursor 2026-06-12T18:40:31.845Z, proposed/applied 0 operations, and left openCaseCount=0."}
 {"ts":"2026-06-13T19:11:52Z","type":"implementation","status":"ok","note":"Disabled Metame owner voice locally and hardened the voice path: when re-enabled, owner Aquarium text only renders through Weksa if the configured Aquarium voice channel currently has a non-bot listener; playback also skips empty voice channels and logs connection errors instead of crashing the bot."}
+{"ts":"2026-06-13T19:42:18Z","type":"implementation","status":"ok","note":"Generalized the voice listener invariant from Metame-only to the whole repo Face swarm voice feature. Local voice is disabled via REPO_FACE_WEKSA_SPEECH_ENABLED=false and REPO_FACE_DISCORD_VOICE_ENABLED=false. When re-enabled, the bot publishes a fresh Aquarium voice presence projection and the worker refuses Weksa/MiMo rendering unless Discord voice is enabled and a non-bot listener is present."}