diff --git a/client/scenes/npc_harness.tscn b/client/scenes/npc_harness.tscn
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+++ b/client/scenes/npc_harness.tscn
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+[gd_scene load_steps=2 format=3]
+
+[ext_resource type="Script" path="res://scripts/harness/npc_harness.gd" id="1_harness"]
+
+[node name="NpcHarness" type="Control"]
+layout_mode = 3
+anchors_preset = 15
+anchor_right = 1.0
+anchor_bottom = 1.0
+script = ExtResource("1_harness")
diff --git a/client/scripts/harness/npc_harness.gd b/client/scripts/harness/npc_harness.gd
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+++ b/client/scripts/harness/npc_harness.gd
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+extends Control
+## Throwaway harness — the bounded-NPC loop on screen, not shipped UI. Type an
+## utterance to Fenn, see his voiced prose, watch moves apply and disposition
+## change, until he ends the conversation. Mirrors narrate_harness. Run this
+## scene directly (F6) with the proxy + Ollama up.
+
+const NpcService = preload("res://scripts/net/npc_service.gd")
+const NpcContent = preload("res://scripts/npc/npc_content.gd")
+const MoveApplier = preload("res://scripts/npc/move_applier.gd")
+const ContentDB = preload("res://scripts/content/content_db.gd")
+const HttpTransport = preload("res://scripts/net/http_transport.gd")
+const FallbackLibrary = preload("res://scripts/net/fallback_library.gd")
+
+const NPC_ID := "fenn"
+
+var _service: NpcService
+var _content: ContentDB
+var _game_state: GameState
+var _canon_log: CanonLog
+var _output: RichTextLabel
+var _entry: LineEdit
+var _speak_btn: Button
+
+
+func _ready() -> void:
+	var http := HTTPRequest.new()
+	add_child(http)
+	_service = NpcService.new(HttpTransport.new(http), FallbackLibrary.new())
+
+	_content = ContentDB.new()
+	_content.load_from(ContentDB.default_content_root())
+
+	_game_state = GameState.new()
+	_canon_log = CanonLog.new()
+	_canon_log.set_location("greywater_docks", "Greywater Docks")
+	_canon_log.player.name = "Aldric"
+	_canon_log.player.class_id = "sellsword"
+	# Deliberately no find_the_ledger quest here — leave it un-started so Fenn
+	# can offer_quest it during the conversation.
+
+	var vbox := VBoxContainer.new()
+	vbox.set_anchors_preset(Control.PRESET_FULL_RECT)
+	vbox.add_theme_constant_override("separation", 12)
+	add_child(vbox)
+
+	_output = RichTextLabel.new()
+	_output.bbcode_enabled = true
+	_output.fit_content = true
+	_output.custom_minimum_size = Vector2(600, 400)
+	vbox.add_child(_output)
+
+	_entry = LineEdit.new()
+	_entry.placeholder_text = "Say something to Fenn…"
+	vbox.add_child(_entry)
+
+	_speak_btn = Button.new()
+	_speak_btn.text = "Speak"
+	_speak_btn.pressed.connect(_on_speak)
+	vbox.add_child(_speak_btn)
+
+
+func _on_speak() -> void:
+	var utterance := _entry.text
+	if utterance.strip_edges() == "":
+		return
+	_entry.text = ""
+	_speak_btn.disabled = true
+	_append("[b]You:[/b] %s" % utterance)
+
+	var disposition := int(_game_state.npc_dispositions.get(NPC_ID, 0))
+	var available := NpcContent.available_moves(_content.npc(NPC_ID), _game_state, _canon_log)
+
+	var r: NpcResult = await _service.speak(
+		NPC_ID, utterance, _canon_log, disposition, available)
+
+	# Apply state explicitly (§2) — the service applied nothing.
+	MoveApplier.apply(r.valid_moves, _game_state, _canon_log, _content, NPC_ID)
+	for f in r.facts:
+		_canon_log.add_fact(f)
+
+	_append("[b]Fenn:[/b] %s" % r.display_text)
+	_append("[i]moves: %d applied, %d dropped · disposition %d%s[/i]" % [
+		r.valid_moves.size(), r.dropped_moves.size(),
+		int(_game_state.npc_dispositions.get(NPC_ID, 0)),
+		"  (degraded)" if r.degraded else ""])
+
+	if r.ends_conversation:
+		_append("[i]— Fenn ends the conversation. —[/i]")
+	else:
+		_speak_btn.disabled = false
+
+
+func _append(bbcode: String) -> void:
+	_output.append_text(bbcode + "\n\n")
diff --git a/client/scripts/harness/npc_harness.gd.uid b/client/scripts/harness/npc_harness.gd.uid
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+++ b/client/scripts/harness/npc_harness.gd.uid
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+uid://cbmr6caohwsxb