diff --git a/ventures/havre/app.js b/ventures/havre/app.js
index dfe126d..5adf402 100644
--- a/ventures/havre/app.js
+++ b/ventures/havre/app.js
@@ -2291,6 +2291,7 @@ function runWorkflow(id, { door = "chat", idea = "", name = "" } = {}) {
   if (id === "new") return writeFromIdea(idea, { door, name });
   if (id === "photoshoot") return photoshoot(idea, { door });
   if (id === "recall") return recall(idea);
+  if (id === "whisper") return whisper(idea);
 }
 /** the chat a workflow's result lands in: the one of theirs on screen, else their latest, else a new one */
 function threadFor(c) {
@@ -2404,6 +2405,96 @@ async function photoshoot(arg, { door = "chat" } = {}) {
     balanceSoon();
   }
 }
+/**
+ * /whisper: a short ASMR voice note. One call writes the script in their voice from the chat (and what it's about,
+ * if given); a whisper preset speaks it (W.WHISPER_PRESETS: luna on Inworld, eve on Grok, picked from the
+ * asmr.gandora.lol bake-off); it's mixed over soft rain made here, and lands in their chat as a voice note.
+ */
+let whispering = false;
+async function whisper(arg) {
+  const c = card();
+  if (!c || c.plain) { err("/whisper needs a character: pick one in the harbor first."); return; }
+  if (whispering) { toast("A whisper is already on its way."); return; }
+  const { preset: named, brief } = W.parseWhisper(arg);
+  const key = named || (c.whisper && W.WHISPER_PRESETS[c.whisper] ? c.whisper : W.WHISPER_DEFAULT), p = W.WHISPER_PRESETS[key];
+  await loadList("tts");
+  const vm = (S.lists.tts || []).find((m) => m.id === p.model);
+  const guess = vm ? A.voicePrice(vm, 600) : null;
+  if (!confirm(`A whispered voice note from ${c.name} (${p.voice})${brief ? " about " + brief : ""}? About ${guess != null ? A.usd(guess) : "a cent"} on your Venice key, plus the words.`)) return;
+  const t = threadFor(c);
+  whispering = true;
+  S.inflight++;
+  doing(t, "is writing something to whisper…");
+  try {
+    const lines = t.msgs.filter((m) => !m.hidden && (m.role === "user" || m.role === "assistant")).slice(-10)
+      .map((m) => `${m.role === "user" ? "Them" : c.name}: ${String(m.content || "").replace(/\s+/g, " ").trim().slice(0, 300)}`);
+    const o = await askJson(await jsonModel(c), { messages: W.whisperMessages(c, { brief, lines }), schema: W.WHISPER_SCHEMA, maxTokens: 400, temperature: 0.9, what: "the whisper" });
+    const script = W.cleanWhisper(o);
+    if (!script) throw new Error("The model sent back nothing to whisper. Try again, or pick another model on the card.");
+    doing(t, "is whispering…");
+    const input = W.whisperInput(script, p);
+    const voice = await new Venice(S.key).speak({ model: p.model, voice: p.voice, input, speed: p.speed, format: p.format });
+    let blob = voice;
+    try { blob = await overRain(voice); } catch { /* the dry take is still a whisper */ }
+    const price = vm ? A.voicePrice(vm, input.length) : null;
+    done(t);
+    deliver(t, { role: "assistant", content: script, voice: { id: await M.put(blob), model: vm ? vm.name : p.model, voice: p.voice, price, whisper: true } });
+    if (named) { const now = S.cards.find((x) => x.id === c.id); if (now && now.whisper !== named) replaceCard({ ...now, whisper: named }); }
+  } catch (e) {
+    done(t);
+    err(e.message || String(e));
+  } finally {
+    whispering = false;
+    S.inflight--;
+    balanceSoon();
+  }
+}
+/** the voice, close-mic'd (a little low end, gentle compression), over soft rain made here; a wav back */
+async function overRain(blob) {
+  const AC = window.OfflineAudioContext || window.webkitOfflineAudioContext;
+  const probe = new (window.AudioContext || window.webkitAudioContext)();
+  const v = await probe.decodeAudioData(await blob.arrayBuffer());
+  probe.close && probe.close();
+  const rate = 44100, pad = 1.5, len = Math.ceil((v.duration + pad * 2) * rate);
+  const ctx = new AC(2, len, rate);
+  // rain: pink-ish hiss with a slow flutter, over a low brown rumble
+  const noise = ctx.createBuffer(2, len, rate);
+  for (let ch = 0; ch < 2; ch++) {
+    const d = noise.getChannelData(ch); let b0 = 0, b1 = 0, b2 = 0, br = 0;
+    for (let i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+      const w = Math.random() * 2 - 1;
+      b0 = 0.997 * b0 + 0.029 * w; b1 = 0.985 * b1 + 0.032 * w; b2 = 0.95 * b2 + 0.048 * w;
+      br = (br + 0.02 * w) / 1.02;
+      d[i] = (b0 + b1 + b2 + w * 0.05) * 0.6 + br * 2.5;
+    }
+  }
+  const rain = ctx.createBufferSource(); rain.buffer = noise;
+  const hp = ctx.createBiquadFilter(); hp.type = "highpass"; hp.frequency.value = 120;
+  const lp = ctx.createBiquadFilter(); lp.type = "lowpass"; lp.frequency.value = 6500;
+  const rg = ctx.createGain(); const end = len / rate;
+  rg.gain.setValueAtTime(0, 0); rg.gain.linearRampToValueAtTime(0.09, 1.2); rg.gain.setValueAtTime(0.09, end - 1.2); rg.gain.linearRampToValueAtTime(0, end);
+  rain.connect(hp); hp.connect(lp); lp.connect(rg); rg.connect(ctx.destination);
+  const src = ctx.createBufferSource(); src.buffer = v;
+  const lo = ctx.createBiquadFilter(); lo.type = "lowshelf"; lo.frequency.value = 180; lo.gain.value = 4;
+  const cmp = ctx.createDynamicsCompressor(); cmp.threshold.value = -30; cmp.ratio.value = 4; cmp.attack.value = 0.01; cmp.release.value = 0.25;
+  const vg = ctx.createGain(); vg.gain.value = 1.6;
+  src.connect(lo); lo.connect(cmp); cmp.connect(vg); vg.connect(ctx.destination);
+  rain.start(0); src.start(pad);
+  return wavBlob(await ctx.startRendering());
+}
+/** an AudioBuffer as a 16-bit wav */
+function wavBlob(buf) {
+  const n = buf.numberOfChannels, len = buf.length, out = new DataView(new ArrayBuffer(44 + len * n * 2));
+  const s = (o, t) => { for (let i = 0; i < t.length; i++) out.setUint8(o + i, t.charCodeAt(i)); };
+  s(0, "RIFF"); out.setUint32(4, 36 + len * n * 2, true); s(8, "WAVE"); s(12, "fmt "); out.setUint32(16, 16, true);
+  out.setUint16(20, 1, true); out.setUint16(22, n, true); out.setUint32(24, buf.sampleRate, true);
+  out.setUint32(28, buf.sampleRate * n * 2, true); out.setUint16(32, n * 2, true); out.setUint16(34, 16, true);
+  s(36, "data"); out.setUint32(40, len * n * 2, true);
+  const chans = []; for (let c = 0; c < n; c++) chans.push(buf.getChannelData(c));
+  let o = 44;
+  for (let i = 0; i < len; i++) for (let c = 0; c < n; c++) { const x = Math.max(-1, Math.min(1, chans[c][i])); out.setInt16(o, x < 0 ? x * 0x8000 : x * 0x7fff, true); o += 2; }
+  return new Blob([out], { type: "audio/wav" });
+}
 /**
  * A photo of them from the chat, kept on their card: as their portrait (as = "portrait"; the look it was drawn from goes
  * on the card too if it had none), or as one of the pictures their photos and clips are made from (as = "").
diff --git a/ventures/havre/venice.js b/ventures/havre/venice.js
index 654d7b9..d10723d 100644
--- a/ventures/havre/venice.js
+++ b/ventures/havre/venice.js
@@ -141,8 +141,9 @@ export class Venice {
   }
 
   /** a voice note: words read out by a voice model. mood goes to models that take a style prompt; the rest ignore it. */
-  async speak({ model, voice, input, mood = "", speed = 1, signal } = {}) {
+  async speak({ model, voice, input, mood = "", speed = 1, format = "", signal } = {}) {
     const body = { input: String(input || "").slice(0, 4096), model, speed };
+    if (format) body.response_format = format;
     if (voice) body.voice = voice;
     if (mood) body.prompt = String(mood).slice(0, 500);
     const res = await this.raw("/audio/speech", { body, signal });
diff --git a/ventures/havre/workflows.js b/ventures/havre/workflows.js
index 1e5d13e..18d50b3 100644
--- a/ventures/havre/workflows.js
+++ b/ventures/havre/workflows.js
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ export const WORKFLOWS = [
     about: "a few photos of them from the pictures on their card, one shoot, each a different moment (3 unless you say)",
     usage: "/photoshoot [how many] [what the shoot is about]",
   },
+  {
+    id: "whisper", command: "whisper", title: "a whisper", takes: "card", gives: "voice note", doors: ["chat"],
+    about: "a short ASMR voice note from them, whispered over soft rain (luna or eve; add what it's about)",
+    usage: "/whisper [luna|eve] [what it's about]",
+  },
   {
     id: "recall", command: "recall", title: "recall", takes: "words", gives: "memory", doors: ["chat"],
     about: "what they remember about something (their notes, then the chats themselves), brought to mind for a while",
@@ -128,6 +133,51 @@ export function cardFromIdea(o, { model } = {}) {
   return normalizeCard({ ...base, look: { ...base.look, description: look } });
 }
 
+// ---------- whisper: a short ASMR voice note, over soft rain ----------
+
+// The voices that whisper well and cheaply (picked in the asmr.gandora.lol bake-off): Venice model, voice, how the
+// words are wrapped so the model whispers, and the pace (0.9 of their usual reading speed sounded best).
+export const WHISPER_PRESETS = {
+  luna: { model: "tts-inworld-1-5-max", voice: "Luna", lead: "[whispering] ", tail: "", speed: 0.77, format: "wav" },
+  eve: { model: "tts-xai-v1", voice: "eve", lead: "<whisper>", tail: "</whisper>", speed: 0.77, format: "mp3" },
+};
+export const WHISPER_DEFAULT = "luna";
+
+/** the words after /whisper: a preset name first if there is one, the rest what it's about */
+export function parseWhisper(arg = "") {
+  const m = /^\s*(\w+)(?:\s+|$)([\s\S]*)$/.exec(str(arg, 2000));
+  const first = m ? m[1].toLowerCase() : "";
+  if (WHISPER_PRESETS[first]) return { preset: first, brief: m[2].replace(/\s+/g, " ").trim() };
+  return { preset: "", brief: str(arg, 2000).replace(/\s+/g, " ").trim() };
+}
+
+export const WHISPER_SCHEMA = {
+  type: "object", additionalProperties: false, required: ["script"],
+  properties: { script: { type: "string" } },
+};
+
+export function whisperMessages(card, { brief = "", lines = [] } = {}) {
+  const system = `You are ${card.name}. Write a short ASMR voice note you whisper to the person you're talking with: ` +
+    "60 to 110 words, in your own voice and manner, intimate and calming, present tense, short phrases with pauses " +
+    "written as \"...\". Gentle sensory detail (breath, rain, a soft sound nearby) is welcome. No stage directions, no " +
+    "emoji, no markup, nothing in brackets: only the words to be whispered. Return one JSON object: script.";
+  const persona = card.persona ? clip(card.persona.replace(/\s+/g, " "), 900) : "";
+  const user = [
+    persona ? `Who you are: ${persona}` : "",
+    lines.length ? "The conversation so far, latest last:\n" + lines.join("\n") : "You haven't talked yet.",
+    "What it's about: " + (str(brief, 500).trim() || "winding down together; help them relax."),
+  ].filter(Boolean).join("\n\n");
+  return [{ role: "system", content: system }, { role: "user", content: user }];
+}
+
+/** the script, cleaned of anything the model shouldn't have added (brackets, asterisks, emoji-ish markup) */
+export function cleanWhisper(o) {
+  return str(o && o.script, 1500).replace(/\[[^\]]*\]|\([^)]*\)|<[^>]*>|\*[^*]*\*/g, "").replace(/\s+/g, " ").trim();
+}
+
+/** what the voice model is sent: the script inside the preset's whisper markup */
+export const whisperInput = (script, preset) => (preset.lead || "") + script + (preset.tail || "");
+
 // ---------- photoshoot: a few photos of them, from the pictures on their card ----------
 
 export const SHOOT_MIN = 1, SHOOT_MAX = 6, SHOOT_DEFAULT = 3;