diff --git a/easel/package.json b/easel/package.json
index 7bcd2d4c1a..910624819e 100644
--- a/easel/package.json
+++ b/easel/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "aesel",
-  "version": "0.7.23",
+  "version": "0.7.24",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/easel/src/layout.mjs b/easel/src/layout.mjs
index 6ecfa8f227..34b1d0b706 100644
--- a/easel/src/layout.mjs
+++ b/easel/src/layout.mjs
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ export function normalize(spec = {}) {
   if (Array.isArray(spec.bar) && spec.bar.length === 3 && spec.bar.every((n) => Number.isInteger(n) && n >= 0 && n <= 255)) out.bar = spec.bar;
   if (typeof spec.prompt === "string" && spec.prompt.length > 0 && spec.prompt.length <= 2) out.prompt = spec.prompt;
   if (typeof spec.separator === "string" && spec.separator.length <= 5) out.separator = spec.separator;
+  // Notebook lines under the transcript rows; off for a plainer page.
+  if (typeof spec.lines === "boolean") out.lines = spec.lines;
   return out;
 }
 
diff --git a/easel/src/render.mjs b/easel/src/render.mjs
index 7e35f892fa..a6ba914d1a 100644
--- a/easel/src/render.mjs
+++ b/easel/src/render.mjs
@@ -290,6 +290,8 @@ const STYLES = {
   notice: ["·", "muted"],
   error: ["!", "error"],
   inbox: ["↓", "inbox"],
+  // A line you typed, in pro: the prompt glyph and the words, no badge.
+  typed: ["›", "prompt"],
 };
 
 const BODY_TONES = { notice: "muted", error: "error", inbox: "inbox" };
@@ -600,7 +602,7 @@ export function renderFrame(state, columns = 80, rows = 24, useColor = true) {
   const contentWidth = qr ? width - qr.width - 2 : width - 2;
   const transcript = state.about
     ? aboutMap().flatMap((line) => wrapText(line, contentWidth))
-    : state.entries.flatMap((entry) => entryLines(entry, contentWidth, useColor));
+    : state.entries.flatMap((entry) => entryLines(pro && entry.kind === "user" ? { ...entry, kind: "typed" } : entry, contentWidth, useColor));
   const drawer=drawerRows(state,width,height,useColor);
   const availableRows=transcriptRows-drawer.length;
   const start = state.about ? Math.min(state.aboutScroll || 0, Math.max(0, transcript.length - transcriptRows))
@@ -680,7 +682,11 @@ export function renderFrame(state, columns = 80, rows = 24, useColor = true) {
       header: () => header,
       path: () => pathLine,
     };
-    return paintDropdown([...body, ...shape.bottom.map((name) => rows[name]?.() ?? "")].slice(0, height), state, width, height, useColor, shape)
+    // Notebook lines: a faint rule under the rest of every transcript row,
+    // the way the GUI's page is ruled. Only the blank part of a row is
+    // underlined, so the words sit on the line rather than under a bar.
+    const ruled = shape.lines !== false && useColor ? body.map((row) => ruleRow(row, width)) : body;
+    return paintDropdown([...ruled, ...shape.bottom.map((name) => rows[name]?.() ?? "")].slice(0, height), state, width, height, useColor, shape)
       .map((line) => `${ground}${fit(line, width)}${reset}`)
       .join("\n");
   }
@@ -793,6 +799,20 @@ function paintDropdown(rows, state, width, height, useColor, shape) {
   return rows;
 }
 
+// The columns a painted row occupies, escapes not counted.
+function paintedWidth(row) {
+  return textWidth(String(row ?? "").replace(/\x1b(?:\[[0-?]*[ -/]*[@-~]|\][^\x07]*(?:\x07|\x1b\\))/g, ""));
+}
+
+// A transcript row on ruled paper: the words as they were, then the rest of
+// the line underlined in the muted ink, faint enough to read as paper.
+function ruleRow(row, width) {
+  const used = Math.min(width, paintedWidth(row));
+  const rest = width - used;
+  if (rest <= 0) return row;
+  return `${fit(row, used)}${color.muted}\x1b[2m\x1b[4m${" ".repeat(rest)}\x1b[24m\x1b[22m${color.reset}${color.ground}`;
+}
+
 // The status line under the bar, and where each fact on it starts, so the
 // frame can paint it and a click can find the model on it.
 export function proStatus(state, width, useColor, shape = state.layout || {}) {
@@ -808,7 +828,8 @@ export function proStatus(state, width, useColor, shape = state.layout || {}) {
     model,
     engine: providerLabel(engine),
     mode: state.mode === "local" ? "local" : "remote",
-    activity: state.busy ? requestFeedback(state) : state.status === "connecting" ? "connecting…" : state.status === "offline" ? "offline" : state.scrollOffset ? `${state.scrollOffset} lines above · End latest` : "",
+    // The little guy dances on the line while the machine has the floor.
+    activity: state.busy ? `${mascotRow(state.mascotMs ?? 0, true)} ${requestFeedback(state)}` : state.status === "connecting" ? "connecting…" : state.status === "offline" ? "offline" : state.scrollOffset ? `${state.scrollOffset} lines above · End latest` : "",
     inbox: queuedInbox ? `${queuedInbox} inbox queued` : "",
   };
   const muted = (text) => paint(useColor, "muted", text);
diff --git a/easel/src/tui.mjs b/easel/src/tui.mjs
index b4fd496381..a9df97412f 100755
--- a/easel/src/tui.mjs
+++ b/easel/src/tui.mjs
@@ -625,6 +625,7 @@ const inboxPoll = setInterval(() => {
 inboxPoll.unref?.();
 
 // One engine at a time, wired to the same handlers however it was built.
+let lastRelaunchAt = 0;
 function openEngine({ resume = "" } = {}) {
   const opened = new backend.Engine({
     cwd,
@@ -672,7 +673,21 @@ function openEngine({ resume = "" } = {}) {
     state.status = "offline";
     addEntry("error", errorText(error));
     slabSession.awaitingInput("easel engine bridge is offline");
+    // A turn the bridge died under is over; nothing will complete it.
+    if (state.busy) { state.busy = false; turnAssistant = []; }
     redraw();
+    // A bridge that died is relaunched so the next line has somewhere to go —
+    // the interface used to sit there deaf, with every key typed into a
+    // thread that no longer existed. Once a few seconds, so a bridge that
+    // dies on arrival does not spin.
+    if (Date.now() - lastRelaunchAt > 5000) {
+      lastRelaunchAt = Date.now();
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        if (closing || engine !== opened) return;
+        addEntry("notice", `Reopening ${backend.label} · the conversation so far goes with it`);
+        void restartEngine("Engine", backend, model, effort, { drain: false }).catch(() => {});
+      }, 300);
+    }
   });
   return opened;
 }
diff --git a/easel/test/render.test.mjs b/easel/test/render.test.mjs
index 8972cd01df..6e80fb9a34 100644
--- a/easel/test/render.test.mjs
+++ b/easel/test/render.test.mjs
@@ -293,7 +293,10 @@ test("an inbox line names its sender and cannot pass for a typed one", () => {
     12,
     false,
   );
-  assert.match(frame, /YOU  look at the diff/);
+  // In pro a typed line wears the prompt glyph, not a badge; an inbox line
+  // still wears its arrow and its sender, so the two never pass for each other.
+  assert.match(frame, /›    look at the diff/);
+  assert.doesNotMatch(frame, /YOU/);
   assert.match(frame, /↓    neo:sip · the build finished/);
   // Codex's shape: no header band, a bar with air on both sides, and one
   // line under it with the handle, the directory and the model.