diff --git a/apps/worker/src/index.ts b/apps/worker/src/index.ts
index 9e63e2e..3576d2d 100644
--- a/apps/worker/src/index.ts
+++ b/apps/worker/src/index.ts
@@ -938,12 +938,15 @@ function normalizeInterpretedRepoFaceSpeechDestinations(
   if (input.job.command !== "repo-face-rumination") {
     return outputText;
   }
-  if (repoFaceOutputHasExplicitSayChannel(input.faceOutputText)) {
+  if (repoFaceOutputHasExplicitSayDestination(outputText) || repoFaceOutputHasExplicitSayDestination(input.faceOutputText)) {
     return outputText;
   }
   if (!input.job.guildContext?.channelId) {
     return outputText;
   }
+  if (repoFaceHasMultipleActiveConversationChannels(input.job)) {
+    return outputText;
+  }
 
   return rewriteRepoFaceSayChannels(
     outputText,
@@ -951,10 +954,22 @@ function normalizeInterpretedRepoFaceSpeechDestinations(
   );
 }
 
-function repoFaceOutputHasExplicitSayChannel(outputText: string): boolean {
+function repoFaceHasMultipleActiveConversationChannels(job: JobRecord): boolean {
+  return repoFaceHasMultipleActiveConversationChannels(job);
+}
+
+function repoFaceOutputHasExplicitSayDestination(outputText: string): boolean {
   return parseRepoFaceActionBlocks(outputText).some((block) =>
     block.kind === "say" &&
-    Boolean(optionalDslString(block.fields.channel) ?? optionalDslString(block.fields.channelId))
+    Boolean(
+      optionalDslString(block.fields.channel) ??
+      optionalDslString(block.fields.channelId) ??
+      optionalDslString(block.fields.reply_to) ??
+      optionalDslString(block.fields.replyToMessageId) ??
+      optionalDslString(block.fields.context) ??
+      optionalDslString(block.fields.context_id) ??
+      optionalDslString(block.fields.contextId),
+    )
   );
 }
 
@@ -1362,13 +1377,32 @@ async function postRepoIdentityIntent(job: JobRecord, intent: RepoIdentityPostIn
     return false;
   }
 
-  const replyTargetChannelId = resolveRepoIdentityReplyTargetChannel(job, intent.replyToMessageId);
+  const conversationContext = resolveRepoIdentityConversationContext(job, intent.contextId);
+  if (intent.contextId && !conversationContext) {
+    console.warn(
+      `Rejected repo identity ${identity.id} speech for job ${job.id}: unknown conversation context "${intent.contextId}".`,
+    );
+    return false;
+  }
+  if (repoIdentityRequiresExplicitConversationContext(job, intent) && !conversationContext) {
+    console.warn(
+      `Rejected repo identity ${identity.id} speech for job ${job.id}: multiple active conversation contexts require context, reply_to, or channel.`,
+    );
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  const effectiveReplyToMessageId = intent.replyToMessageId ?? conversationContext?.messageId;
+  const replyTargetChannelId = resolveRepoIdentityReplyTargetChannel(job, effectiveReplyToMessageId);
   if (replyTargetChannelId && intent.channelId && normalizeChannelSelector(intent.channelId) !== normalizeChannelSelector(replyTargetChannelId)) {
     console.warn(
       `Coerced repo identity ${identity.id} speech for job ${job.id} from requested channel "${intent.channelId}" to reply target channel ${replyTargetChannelId}.`,
     );
   }
-  const requestedChannelId = replyTargetChannelId ?? intent.channelId ?? repoIdentityDefaultSpeechChannel(job);
+  const requestedChannelId = replyTargetChannelId
+    ?? conversationContext?.channelId
+    ?? intent.channelId
+    ?? repoIdentityConversationFocusChannel(job)
+    ?? repoIdentityDefaultSpeechChannel(job);
   const channelId = normalizeRepoIdentitySpeechChannel(identity, job, requestedChannelId);
   if (!channelId) {
     console.warn(`Rejected repo identity ${identity.id} speech for job ${job.id}: no Discord channel was available.`);
@@ -1442,7 +1476,7 @@ async function postRepoIdentityIntent(job: JobRecord, intent: RepoIdentityPostIn
     "--persona-name",
     identity.displayName,
     ...(identity.avatarUrl ? ["--persona-avatar-url", identity.avatarUrl] : []),
-    ...(intent.replyToMessageId ? ["--reply-to-message-id", intent.replyToMessageId] : []),
+    ...(effectiveReplyToMessageId ? ["--reply-to-message-id", effectiveReplyToMessageId] : []),
   ], { retries: 1 });
   if (!posted.messageId || !posted.transport) {
     throw new Error(`Bifrost Discord bridge returned no message receipt for job ${job.id}.`);
@@ -1451,7 +1485,7 @@ async function postRepoIdentityIntent(job: JobRecord, intent: RepoIdentityPostIn
     identity,
     channelId,
     content,
-    replyToMessageId: intent.replyToMessageId,
+    replyToMessageId: effectiveReplyToMessageId,
     messageId: posted.messageId,
     transport: posted.transport,
   }).catch((error: unknown) => {
@@ -1463,7 +1497,7 @@ async function postRepoIdentityIntent(job: JobRecord, intent: RepoIdentityPostIn
     identity,
     channelId,
     content,
-    replyToMessageId: intent.replyToMessageId,
+    replyToMessageId: effectiveReplyToMessageId,
     messageId: posted.messageId,
   });
   console.log(
@@ -3034,6 +3068,45 @@ function repoIdentityDefaultSpeechChannel(job: JobRecord): string | undefined {
     : job.outputChannelId;
 }
 
+function repoIdentityConversationFocusChannel(job: JobRecord): string | undefined {
+  const focus = job.contextBundle.repoFaceConversationFocus;
+  if (!focus || focus.isCurrentRoom) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+
+  const nonCurrentThreads = (job.contextBundle.repoFaceConversationThreads ?? [])
+    .filter((thread) => !thread.isCurrentRoom);
+  return nonCurrentThreads.length <= 1 || focus.reason === "pending_mention"
+    ? focus.channelId
+    : undefined;
+}
+
+function resolveRepoIdentityConversationContext(
+  job: JobRecord,
+  contextId: string | undefined,
+): NonNullable<JobRecord["contextBundle"]["repoFaceConversationThreads"]>[number] | undefined {
+  const normalized = contextId?.trim();
+  if (!normalized) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+
+  return (job.contextBundle.repoFaceConversationThreads ?? [])
+    .find((thread) => thread.contextId === normalized);
+}
+
+function repoIdentityRequiresExplicitConversationContext(
+  job: JobRecord,
+  intent: RepoIdentityPostIntent,
+): boolean {
+  if (intent.channelId || intent.replyToMessageId || intent.contextId) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  const activeThreads = job.contextBundle.repoFaceConversationThreads ?? [];
+  const representedChannels = new Set(activeThreads.map((thread) => thread.channelId));
+  return representedChannels.size > 1;
+}
+
 function resolveRepoIdentityReplyTargetChannel(
   job: JobRecord,
   replyToMessageId: string | undefined,
diff --git a/apps/worker/src/repo-face-speech.ts b/apps/worker/src/repo-face-speech.ts
index ab9f07f..fdb1e49 100644
--- a/apps/worker/src/repo-face-speech.ts
+++ b/apps/worker/src/repo-face-speech.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ export const REPO_IDENTITY_POST_SENTINEL = "VOIDBOT_REPO_IDENTITY_POST:";
 
 export interface RepoIdentityPostIntent {
   identity?: string;
+  contextId?: string;
   channelId?: string;
   content: string;
   replyToMessageId?: string;
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ export function parseRepoIdentityPostIntents(finalResponse: string): RepoIdentit
       return [
         {
           identity: optionalDslString(block.fields.identity),
+          contextId: optionalDslString(block.fields.context) ?? optionalDslString(block.fields.context_id) ?? optionalDslString(block.fields.contextId),
           channelId: optionalDslString(block.fields.channel) ?? optionalDslString(block.fields.channelId),
           replyToMessageId: optionalDslString(block.fields.reply_to) ?? optionalDslString(block.fields.replyToMessageId),
           content,
@@ -51,6 +53,7 @@ export function parseRepoIdentityPostIntents(finalResponse: string): RepoIdentit
       }
       intents.push({
         identity: typeof parsed.identity === "string" ? parsed.identity.trim() : undefined,
+        contextId: typeof parsed.contextId === "string" ? parsed.contextId.trim() : undefined,
         channelId: typeof parsed.channelId === "string" ? parsed.channelId.trim() : undefined,
         replyToMessageId:
           typeof parsed.replyToMessageId === "string" ? parsed.replyToMessageId.trim() : undefined,
diff --git a/notes/fresh-workspace-handoff.md b/notes/fresh-workspace-handoff.md
index 90826a3..c7c1e8e 100644
--- a/notes/fresh-workspace-handoff.md
+++ b/notes/fresh-workspace-handoff.md
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ Git history and smoke artifacts carry routine proof. `state/evidence.jsonl` shou
 - Huginn then exposed the broader version of the same recency bug: an older CultNet inspectability side thread remained in the current-room window, but the newest room flow was Nibu's substrate-grown AGI faction seam. Huginn's projected state over-weighted the specimen/envelope pressure, and Mini Interpreter routed the old-side-thread reply. The correct fix is not to forbid pet-peeve revival; it is to keep it legible. Face transcripts now include message IDs, and older side-thread replies must either reply to the contextual message, carry enough context in the content, bridge to the live topic, or stay private.
 - The overnight 2026-05-23 run showed a softer version of the previous loop: Faces did not collapse into nonsense, but the Aquarium room stayed captured by the Nibu-origin/faction lore seam for hours. Existing `saturationScore` lived on private thought/incubation surfaces, and the repetition prompt mostly caught copied openings/endings, not semantic topic attractors. The heartbeat prompt now projects current-room topic saturation from repeated raw-transcript terms and estimates whether the attractor is home-adjacent or another steward's gravity well from each Face's identity/jurisdiction text. The state projector should turn foreign attractors into character-specific crowding, neglect, boredom, rivalry, handoff, or pivot pressure; the Interpreter diagnoses non-owner same-topic politeness as missing personal stake, ownership, freshness, handoff, or pivot rather than applying a topic ban or token blacklist.
 - Void's broader moderation authority had become venue leakage: recent-history projection stripped `channelId`, leaving the configured `publicSpeechTarget` as the obvious place for replies, so Aquarium-shaped talk could land in `#general`. The rumination context now preserves message `channelId` and projects `recentConversationTarget`; prompt doctrine says source-channel replies belong in that source channel, while `publicSpeechTarget` is for unanchored herald/artifact announcements.
+- Repo Face speech routing now uses active conversation contexts instead of one room-focus guess. Heartbeat prompts project up to six `ctx_<channel>_<message>` records across current and nearby channels; the Interpreter can emit `context:` on a `SAY`; the worker resolves that context to the source channel/message and rejects unknown contexts or ambiguous bare SAY blocks when multiple active channels are visible. A Persona can carry separate #aquarium/#pics/#general conversations at once, but public speech has to keep its context attached.
 - The Nibu/Void turf-crossing discussion exposed a social-state projection gap: existing bonds/status reads project well once typed state already contains them, but the live pipeline did not own "this recent event should become relationship/status pressure." The repair adds bounded raw relationship-pressure evidence to the state packet before the projector: recent messages that touch the Face, peer Faces, existing social targets, jurisdiction/domain terms, or status/territory/consultation language. The projector may turn that evidence into tentative felt pressure, and the Interpreter may persist a bond/status/mood note only when the projected memory or Face output shows a character-specific reaction. This should let resentment, rivalry, consultation offense, and territorial tension emerge without manual state edits.
 - The swarm brake currently reads `state/agent-swarm-paused.json` with `"paused": false`. If scheduled Face turns start overrunning again, use that brake rather than letting the orchestrator churn. The known 2026-06-09 timeout source was the model state-projector child; local runtime currently keeps it disabled while the deterministic fallback and Interpreter/worker speech rails are watched.
 - Direct Face `UPDATE REQUEST` and `BIFROST TOPIC` packets are ignored while `REPO_FACE_BIFROST_ENABLED=false`. Do not debug missing Bifrost jobs as a live failure unless that flag has been deliberately enabled again.
diff --git a/packages/core/src/context-builder.ts b/packages/core/src/context-builder.ts
index e88e085..74df19f 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/context-builder.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/context-builder.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
   type GuildContext,
   type InteractionMemoryProfile,
   type PromptImageAttachment,
+  type RepoFaceConversationFocus,
   type RetrievalResult,
   type SituationalSocialRead,
   type SourceGroundingHint,
@@ -18,6 +19,8 @@ export interface BuildContextInput {
   guildContext: GuildContext;
   recentMessages?: SourceMessage[];
   imageAttachments?: PromptImageAttachment[];
+  repoFaceConversationFocus?: RepoFaceConversationFocus;
+  repoFaceConversationThreads?: RepoFaceConversationFocus[];
   retrieval?: RetrievalResult[];
   interactionMemory?: InteractionMemoryProfile;
   situationalSocialRead?: SituationalSocialRead;
@@ -33,6 +36,8 @@ export class ContextBuilder {
       actor: input.actor,
       guildContext: input.guildContext,
       recentMessages: input.recentMessages ?? [],
+      repoFaceConversationFocus: input.repoFaceConversationFocus,
+      repoFaceConversationThreads: input.repoFaceConversationThreads,
       imageAttachments: input.imageAttachments,
       retrieval: input.retrieval ?? [],
       interactionMemory: input.interactionMemory,
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/index.ts b/packages/shared/src/index.ts
index abeeee2..6a40e68 100644
--- a/packages/shared/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/shared/src/index.ts
@@ -457,6 +457,8 @@ export interface ContextBundle {
   actor: Actor;
   guildContext: GuildContext;
   recentMessages: SourceMessage[];
+  repoFaceConversationFocus?: RepoFaceConversationFocus;
+  repoFaceConversationThreads?: RepoFaceConversationFocus[];
   imageAttachments?: PromptImageAttachment[];
   retrieval: RetrievalResult[];
   interactionMemory?: InteractionMemoryProfile;
@@ -467,6 +469,18 @@ export interface ContextBundle {
   createdAt: string;
 }
 
+export interface RepoFaceConversationFocus {
+  contextId?: string;
+  channelId: string;
+  channelLabel?: string;
+  messageId?: string;
+  authorName?: string;
+  timestamp?: string;
+  reason: "pending_mention" | "latest_human_message" | "latest_visible_message";
+  isCurrentRoom: boolean;
+  hasMedia?: boolean;
+}
+
 export interface JobApprovalRecord {
   stage: "run" | "post";
   status: "approved" | "rejected";
diff --git a/prompts/repo-face-turn-interpreter.prompt.md b/prompts/repo-face-turn-interpreter.prompt.md
index 33b5371..6145341 100644
--- a/prompts/repo-face-turn-interpreter.prompt.md
+++ b/prompts/repo-face-turn-interpreter.prompt.md
@@ -107,8 +107,12 @@ Normalized output rules:
 - When a live room invitation asks for a small concrete thought and the Face's proposed line is safe but too broad, polished, or doctrine-shaped, you may compact it to the Face's own narrowest concrete claim and route that as SAY. Do not discard a sayable turn merely because a better edit exists.
 - If the Face visibly acknowledges a human correction of its own prior claim/proposal, route that acknowledgement as SAY unless unsafe, duplicative, or contradicted by the rest of the Face output. Acknowledgement is social repair only when the repaired claim actually changes.
 - Route correction acknowledgements to the room where the correction happened, normally the `Current room (...)` named in the Face prompt. Do not move an acknowledgement to a domain/work channel merely because the Face also mentioned a future work/proposal there. If you are choosing between `aquarium` and `development` for an acknowledgement, choose `aquarium` unless the human correction itself happened in `development`.
-- Do not invent a speech venue. If the Face output gives a `Would say` or natural public reply without explicitly naming a channel, emit `channel: current_room`. Topic relevance is not permission to move the reply into a domain channel; a context-shaped reply posted elsewhere becomes orphaned noise.
+- Do not invent a speech venue. If the Face output gives a `Would say` or natural public reply that belongs to the current room and does not explicitly name a channel, emit `channel: current_room`. If it continues a listed active context, emit that `context` instead. Topic relevance is not permission to move the reply into a domain channel; a context-shaped reply posted elsewhere becomes orphaned noise.
 - When routing a SAY that revives an older side thread, prefer `reply_to` with the visible message id that carries the context. If no clear anchor id exists, the content itself must name the context plainly enough for a reader landing on the message cold.
+- If the Original Face prompt contains `Active conversation contexts`, a SAY that continues one of those listed threads must include `context: <context id>` unless it already includes a more specific `reply_to` or explicit `channel`.
+- If multiple active contexts are visible, do not collapse them into the current room. A Face may hold two conversations at once in different channels with different people; attach each public reply to the context it is continuing.
+- Retry once when the Face output clearly responds to a listed context, image, message, person, or side conversation but the SAY you would route lacks `context`, `reply_to`, and explicit `channel`. The missing piece is context ownership, not wording.
+- Prefer `context` over guessing a channel label when the prompt gives an active context id. If the chosen context includes a source message, the worker can use that source message as the reply target; still include `reply_to` when the Face is intentionally replying to a different visible anchor.
 - Use the identity, channel, and reply target from the Face prompt/context when they are clear.
 - Do not choose an owner/private/DM channel unless the Face prompt explicitly says this turn is an owner-private direct-message turn. Normal check-ins, warnings, governance anxieties, consensus questions, and room replies belong in the current room, Aquarium, or a configured domain channel.
 - Preserve the Face's voice in SAY content.
@@ -175,7 +179,8 @@ END
 
 SAY
 identity: current_face_id
-channel: channel_id
+context: conversation_context_id_or_blank
+channel: channel_id_or_blank
 reply_to: message_id_or_blank
 content:
   In-character Discord message only. No job label, no report header.
diff --git a/scripts/run-repo-face-heartbeats.ts b/scripts/run-repo-face-heartbeats.ts
index a1ea640..13801f8 100644
--- a/scripts/run-repo-face-heartbeats.ts
+++ b/scripts/run-repo-face-heartbeats.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import {
   loadPromptTemplate,
   type InteractionMemoryProfile,
   type PromptImageAttachment,
+  type RepoFaceConversationFocus,
   type RetrievalResult,
   type SourceMessage,
   type SourceMessageAttachment,
@@ -574,6 +575,13 @@ async function queueRepoFaceTurn(input: {
     recentMessages,
     ...channelSnapshots.map((snapshot) => snapshot.messages),
   ].flat());
+  const repoFaceConversationThreads = buildRepoFaceConversationThreads({
+    channelPlan,
+    recentMessages,
+    channelSnapshots,
+    pendingMentions: input.pendingMentions,
+  });
+  const repoFaceConversationFocus = repoFaceConversationThreads[0];
   const contextBundle = contextBuilder.build({
     prompt,
     actor: {
@@ -586,6 +594,8 @@ async function queueRepoFaceTurn(input: {
       channelId,
     },
     recentMessages,
+    repoFaceConversationFocus,
+    repoFaceConversationThreads,
     imageAttachments,
     retrieval: [],
     voidSelfState: undefined,
@@ -4361,15 +4371,20 @@ function renderRepoFaceConversationTranscript(input: {
   channelPlan: RepoFaceChannelPlan;
 }): string {
   const sections: string[] = [];
+  const threads = buildRepoFaceConversationThreads(input);
+  const focus = threads[0];
   sections.push([
     "Read this as raw recent message evidence, not as a summary and not as consensus.",
     "Messages are ordered oldest to newest inside each section. Newer human corrections can supersede older agent proposals.",
     "Use the visible cross-channel chronology below to decide whether a correction is still unresolved or was already answered later by the same Face.",
     "Do not infer consensus from agents repeating each other. If a human reframes, narrows, or corrects an agent's proposal, account for that correction directly.",
-    "If you answer the live conversation, default to the current room unless a human explicitly asks to move elsewhere.",
-    "If you answer or riff on a nearby-room message, set channel to that message's listed channel id and usually set reply_to to that message id. Never answer a nearby-room post in the current room just because the current room is easier to speak in.",
+    "If you answer the live conversation, keep the conversation context attached. A Face can carry different conversations in different channels at once.",
+    "If you answer or riff on a nearby-room message, use that message's active context id or set channel to that message's listed channel id and usually set reply_to to that message id. If the nearby message is media, a public reaction belongs in that media source channel unless a human explicitly moved the topic. Never answer a nearby-room post in the current room just because the current room is easier to speak in.",
     "Message IDs are shown so a public reply can target the message that gives it context. If you revive an older side thread, either reply_to that message id or include enough context in your message for readers to know what you mean.",
   ].join("\n"));
+  if (focus) {
+    sections.push(renderRepoFaceConversationFocus(focus, threads));
+  }
   const chronology = renderVisibleConversationChronology(input);
   if (chronology) {
     sections.push(chronology);
@@ -4400,6 +4415,111 @@ function renderRepoFaceConversationTranscript(input: {
   return sections.join("\n\n");
 }
 
+function buildRepoFaceConversationThreads(input: {
+  channelPlan: RepoFaceChannelPlan;
+  recentMessages: SourceMessage[];
+  channelSnapshots: ChannelSnapshot[];
+  pendingMentions: RepoFacePendingMention[];
+}): RepoFaceConversationFocus[] {
+  const primaryChannelId = input.channelPlan.primaryChannelId;
+  const channelLabel = (channelId: string | undefined): string | undefined =>
+    input.channelPlan.options.find((option) => option.channelId === channelId)?.label ?? channelId;
+  const newestMention = input.pendingMentions
+    .slice()
+    .sort((left, right) => Date.parse(right.queuedAt) - Date.parse(left.queuedAt))
+    [0];
+  const threads: RepoFaceConversationFocus[] = [];
+  if (newestMention) {
+    threads.push({
+      contextId: repoFaceConversationContextId(newestMention.channelId, newestMention.messageId),
+      channelId: newestMention.channelId,
+      channelLabel: channelLabel(newestMention.channelId),
+      messageId: newestMention.messageId,
+      authorName: newestMention.authorName,
+      timestamp: newestMention.queuedAt,
+      reason: "pending_mention",
+      isCurrentRoom: newestMention.channelId === primaryChannelId,
+    });
+  }
+
+  const visible = [
+    ...input.recentMessages.map((message) => ({
+      message,
+      channelId: primaryChannelId,
+      label: channelLabel(primaryChannelId),
+    })),
+    ...input.channelSnapshots.flatMap((snapshot) =>
+      snapshot.messages.map((message) => ({
+        message,
+        channelId: snapshot.channelId,
+        label: channelLabel(snapshot.channelId),
+      })),
+    ),
+  ]
+    .filter((entry): entry is { message: SourceMessage; channelId: string; label?: string } =>
+      Boolean(entry.channelId) && Number.isFinite(Date.parse(entry.message.timestamp)),
+    )
+    .sort((left, right) => Date.parse(right.message.timestamp) - Date.parse(left.message.timestamp));
+
+  const byChannel = new Set(threads.map((thread) => thread.channelId));
+  for (const entry of visible) {
+    if (byChannel.has(entry.channelId)) {
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (entry.message.isBot && (entry.message.attachments ?? []).length === 0) {
+      continue;
+    }
+    byChannel.add(entry.channelId);
+    threads.push({
+      contextId: repoFaceConversationContextId(entry.channelId, entry.message.id),
+      channelId: entry.channelId,
+      channelLabel: entry.label,
+      messageId: entry.message.id,
+      authorName: entry.message.authorName,
+      timestamp: entry.message.timestamp,
+      reason: entry.message.isBot ? "latest_visible_message" : "latest_human_message",
+      isCurrentRoom: entry.channelId === primaryChannelId,
+      hasMedia: (entry.message.attachments ?? []).length > 0,
+    });
+    if (threads.length >= 6) {
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return threads;
+}
+
+function repoFaceConversationContextId(channelId: string, messageId?: string): string {
+  return `ctx_${channelId}_${messageId ?? "latest"}`;
+}
+
+function renderRepoFaceConversationFocus(
+  focus: RepoFaceConversationFocus,
+  threads: RepoFaceConversationFocus[],
+): string {
+  return [
+    "Active conversation contexts:",
+    ...threads.map((thread) =>
+      [
+        `- ${thread.contextId}: ${thread.channelLabel ?? thread.channelId} (${thread.channelId})`,
+        thread.messageId ? `message ${thread.messageId}` : "",
+        thread.authorName ? `from ${thread.authorName}` : "",
+        thread.reason,
+        thread.hasMedia ? "media" : "",
+        thread.isCurrentRoom ? "current room" : "nearby room",
+      ].filter(Boolean).join("; "),
+    ),
+    "",
+    `Selected default context: ${focus.contextId ?? "(none)"}.`,
+    `- Source channel: ${focus.channelLabel ?? focus.channelId} (${focus.channelId}).`,
+    focus.messageId ? `- Source message: ${focus.messageId}${focus.authorName ? ` from ${focus.authorName}` : ""}.` : "",
+    focus.timestamp ? `- Source timestamp: ${focus.timestamp}.` : "",
+    `- Reason: ${focus.reason}${focus.hasMedia ? "; media-bearing message" : ""}.`,
+    "- If you speak from a listed context, set context to its context id. The worker will use that context as the channel/reply target for the SAY.",
+    "- If you are carrying more than one conversation at once, choose the context that your SAY is continuing. Do not collapse #pics, #general, and #aquarium into one room just because they are all visible.",
+  ].filter(Boolean).join("\n");
+}
+
 function renderVisibleConversationChronology(input: {
   recentMessages: SourceMessage[];
   channelSnapshots: ChannelSnapshot[];
diff --git a/state/evidence.jsonl b/state/evidence.jsonl
index efd7089..be9ee7d 100644
--- a/state/evidence.jsonl
+++ b/state/evidence.jsonl
@@ -363,3 +363,4 @@
 {"ts":"2026-06-14T12:06:49Z","type":"implementation","status":"ok","note":"Added outgoing curiosity openings for repo Face heartbeats: when a jurisdiction dive is due and room texture is not heavy/agent-filled, the turn is classified as autonomous Eyes/Imagination presence, requires source/history/Odin exploration before checked/found claims, and expects one compact unprompted SAY when socially legible. Interpreter now retries generic private restraint on those turns instead of laundering them into state-only rumination."}
 {"ts":"2026-06-14T12:26:21Z","type":"implementation","status":"ok","note":"Made repo Face self-maintenance grievances public-first: prompt projection now surfaces Persona/system substrate, tools, voice/avatar/access, state-projection, semantic-memory, and agency-path pressure under a Self-maintenance public advocacy section; Face and Interpreter prompts now require a compact public-safe SAY for body/mind/substrate asks instead of burying them as private state. Detector was narrowed after prompt verification so sensitive human body/home trauma does not get auto-promoted by this machinery."}
 {"ts":"2026-06-14T12:43:35Z","type":"implementation","status":"ok","note":"Fixed repo Face cross-channel reply routing: prompt transcripts now include source channel ids for current, nearby, and chronology messages; Face prompts explicitly forbid answering nearby-room posts in the current room; worker post routing now derives the destination channel from reply_to message ids and also infers a non-current room when a bare Face output names that room label (e.g. general thread). Verified against Libby prompt showing Metacrat general messages followed by the bad Aquarium post."}
+{"ts":"2026-06-14T17:40:23Z","type":"implementation","status":"ok","note":"Repo Face speech routing now carries typed active conversation contexts across current and nearby Discord channels. Heartbeat prompts emit ctx_<channel>_<message> records; SAY can include context; worker resolves context to source channel/reply target and rejects unknown or ambiguous unqualified SAY when multiple channels are active."}
diff --git a/state/map.yaml b/state/map.yaml
index 9c35ecd..e203b2f 100644
--- a/state/map.yaml
+++ b/state/map.yaml
@@ -18,10 +18,13 @@ objective:
     restart, with Bifrost work routing paused because the governance bridge
     proved too disorienting for live social traffic. The immediate priority is
     to observe the Face/Interpreter/speech boundary with live evidence: inherited
-    global doctrine should appear in Face prompts, live-room conversation should
-    arrive as raw transcript evidence, typed social state should become live
-    person-hooks when recent speakers match, and topic gravity should produce
-    character-specific pressure instead of another swarm obsession loop.
+    global doctrine should appear in Face prompts, live-room and nearby-channel
+    conversations should arrive as raw transcript evidence with active context
+    ids, typed social state should become live person-hooks when recent speakers
+    match, and topic gravity should produce character-specific pressure instead
+    of another swarm obsession loop. A repo Face may hold multiple simultaneous
+    Discord conversations; `context`, `reply_to`, or explicit channel owns post
+    placement, not the scheduled output room.
 
 constraints:
   - Public traffic still rides one remote Qwen box plus local embedding and ops infrastructure.