diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/assets/ui/GameMenuFrame.xml b/crates/benilla-app/assets/ui/GameMenuFrame.xml
index d0b5c3b3..11e68d61 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/assets/ui/GameMenuFrame.xml
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/assets/ui/GameMenuFrame.xml
@@ -109,9 +109,6 @@
         LOGOUT = LOGOUT or "Logout"
         EXIT_GAME = EXIT_GAME or "Exit Game"
         RETURN_TO_GAME = RETURN_TO_GAME or "Return to Game"
-        CAMP_TIMER = CAMP_TIMER or "%d %s until logout"
-        QUIT_TIMER = QUIT_TIMER or "%d %s until exit"
-        QUIT_NOW = QUIT_NOW or "Exit now"
         CANCEL = CANCEL or "Cancel"
 
         -- One label setter for a button with nothing behind it yet (Edit Mode and Support): set
@@ -122,74 +119,10 @@
             button:Disable()
         end
 
-        -- ── The two logout dialogs (spec: StaticPopup.lua l.564-600) ────────────────────────────
-        -- Both are countdown dialogs: their `text` is a format string the popup engine's per-tick
-        -- branch fills with the remaining time (StaticPopup_OnUpdate's which-list already names CAMP
-        -- and QUIT), so they open blank and count down. `timeout = 20` matches the server's own
-        -- logout timer (vmangos `WorldSession::LogoutRequest` → 20 s), which is what the countdown
-        -- is displaying — the client is not the authority here, it is narrating the server's clock.
-        --
-        -- The asymmetry between them is the spec's: CAMP offers only Cancel (the commented-out
-        -- CAMP_NOW/ForceLogout button is dead in 1.12 — "uncomment once forced logouts are completely
-        -- implemented"), while QUIT offers Exit now + Cancel, because a force-quit needs no server
-        -- round trip.
-        --
-        -- Both entries below are written scalars-first, handlers-last, so the dialog's SHAPE reads
-        -- before its behaviour does.
-
-        -- Dismissing a running countdown means "I didn't mean it": call the logout off. Only while
-        -- it is still RUNNING, though — the popup engine zeroes `timeleft` before hiding a dialog
-        -- that expired, so reaching zero leaves the logout alone. (Backwards, and every logout in
-        -- the field is cancelled by its own dialog at t=0 and the character never leaves.) One
-        -- function because both dialogs mean exactly this; `this` is the popup frame, which the
-        -- engine has bound around the handler.
-        local function CancelLogoutIfStillCounting()
-            if this.timeleft > 0 then
-                CancelLogout()
-            end
-        end
-
-        StaticPopupDialogs["CAMP"] = {
-            text = CAMP_TIMER,
-            button1 = CANCEL,
-            timeout = 20,
-            whileDead = 1,
-            hideOnEscape = 1,
-            OnAccept = function()
-                CancelLogout()
-            end,
-            OnHide = CancelLogoutIfStillCounting,
-        }
-
-        StaticPopupDialogs["QUIT"] = {
-            text = QUIT_TIMER,
-            button1 = QUIT_NOW,
-            button2 = CANCEL,
-            timeout = 20,
-            whileDead = 1,
-            hideOnEscape = 1,
-            -- A force-quit needs no server round trip, so the countdown it was narrating is over
-            -- the moment the button is pressed: zero `timeleft` so the OnHide below stands down.
-            OnAccept = function()
-                ForceQuit()
-                this.timeleft = 0
-            end,
-            OnHide = CancelLogoutIfStillCounting,
-        }
-
-        -- The camp/quit event driver. The ref handles these three in UIParent's own OnEvent
-        -- (UIParent.lua l.304-315); benilla has no UIParent frame, so this is a dedicated hidden
-        -- listener — the BenillaDeleteItemConfirmDriver shape.
-        function BenillaLogoutDriver_OnEvent()
-            if event == "PLAYER_CAMPING" then
-                StaticPopup_Show("CAMP")
-            elseif event == "PLAYER_QUITING" then
-                StaticPopup_Show("QUIT")
-            elseif event == "LOGOUT_CANCEL" then
-                StaticPopup_Hide("CAMP")
-                StaticPopup_Hide("QUIT")
-            end
-        end
+        -- The CAMP/QUIT dialogs and the three-event driver MOVED OUT, to UiPanels.xml — the
+        -- reference's own homes for both (StaticPopup.lua l.564/586; UIParent.lua l.304-315).
+        -- They were here only because this is where they were first needed, and 1751 moving them
+        -- is one less thing to carry when this window follows them onto the chain.
     ]]></Script>
 
     <!-- The era header text size (Classic/Dialog/DialogTemplates.xml + the OnLoad font swap):
@@ -378,18 +311,4 @@
             </OnHide>
         </Scripts>
     </Frame>
-
-    <!-- The camp/quit event listener (the ref's UIParent OnEvent arms — script block above). -->
-    <Frame name="BenillaLogoutDriver" hidden="true">
-        <Size><AbsDimension x="1" y="1"/></Size>
-        <Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT"/></Anchors>
-        <Scripts>
-            <OnLoad>
-                self:RegisterEvent("PLAYER_CAMPING")
-                self:RegisterEvent("PLAYER_QUITING")
-                self:RegisterEvent("LOGOUT_CANCEL")
-            </OnLoad>
-            <OnEvent>BenillaLogoutDriver_OnEvent()</OnEvent>
-        </Scripts>
-    </Frame>
 </Ui>
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/assets/ui/GossipFrame.xml b/crates/benilla-app/assets/ui/GossipFrame.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d9c2f592..00000000
--- a/crates/benilla-app/assets/ui/GossipFrame.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,568 +0,0 @@
-<Ui>
-    <!--
-        benilla's gossip dialog (decision 0081 phase 3), RE-SKINNED to the real 1.12 gossip/quest
-        greeting window (dressing arc, decision 0084): the geometry and art below are QUOTED from the
-        real `GossipFrame.xml` (scratchpad `ref-GossipFrame.xml`; line citations inline), turned onto
-        our own feeds/intents. The name `GossipFrame`, its panel registration
-        (UiPanels.xml's UIPanelWindows["GossipFrame"], area="left", pushable=0), the Era gossip
-        feeds (GetGossipText/GetGossipOptions/IsGossipOptionCoded/SelectGossipOption/CloseGossip/
-        GetNumGossipQuests/GetGossipQuestInfo/SelectGossipQuest), and the intent functions are
-        UNCHANGED — only the window's dressing is real now.
-
-        A hidden window that shows on GOSSIP_SHOW and hides on GOSSIP_CLOSED. It wears the real
-        QuestFrame parchment: four quadrant slabs (UI-QuestGreeting-{TopLeft,TopRight,BotLeft,BotRight},
-        ref l.13-44) at the real 384×512 (ref l.128); the greeting body and the row list quoted from
-        the real GossipGreetingText / GossipTitleButtonTemplate (ref l.86-125, 223-264).
-
-        QUEST ROWS (decision 0088 §3, filled in): the real `GossipFrameUpdate` (ref l.24-29) fills ONE
-        shared `GossipTitleButton` pool through three sequential passes over a single `buttonIndex`
-        counter — `GossipFrameAvailableQuestsUpdate` (ref l.63-85) first, `GossipFrameActiveQuestsUpdate`
-        (ref l.87-109) second, `GossipFrameOptionsUpdate` (ref l.111-128) third — so quest rows always
-        land ABOVE the option rows, and the two blocks share the very same row buttons/anchors (a
-        `titleButton.type` field picked at fill time routes the click: `SelectGossipAvailableQuest` /
-        `SelectGossipActiveQuest` / `SelectGossipOption`, ref l.53-61). We mirror that shape exactly but
-        over our OWN flatter seam (`benilla-ui` `script/gossip.rs`): the app already resolves the wire's
-        available/active split and delivers ONE ordered `GetNumGossipQuests()`/`GetGossipQuestInfo(i)`
-        list (quest rows first, in wire order), so `BenillaGossipFrame_Update` below runs a single loop
-        over the shared `GossipTitleButton1..8` pool — quest rows fill from i=1, option rows fill after
-        them — instead of the ref's three separate counters; a row's `.kind` ("quest"/"option") plus its
-        `.itemIndex` (the row's 1-based position within ITS OWN list) is all `BenillaGossipRow_OnClick`
-        needs to call the right one of `SelectGossipQuest`/`SelectGossipOption` (ref's three intents
-        collapse to two on our seam — see gossip.rs's doc comment). Per-row icon: active → the real
-        `Interface\GossipFrame\ActiveQuestIcon` (ref l.99), available → `Interface\GossipFrame\
-        AvailableQuestIcon` (ref l.75) — both verified present in the MPQ list. We DO run the ref's
-        per-row `GossipResize` auto-height (ref l.130-132, `SetHeight(GetTextHeight()+2)`) — see
-        `BenillaGossipRow_Resize` below — but skip its "too many quests" message()
-        (ref l.67-69/91-93/115-117): the shared 8-row cap below silently drops the overflow exactly
-        like the option rows always did.
-
-        ENGINE-SLICE CAVEAT (this branch predates the dressing arc's engine slice — named `<Font>`
-        objects are not implemented here yet, loader.rs "named Font objects are not implemented in v1").
-        The real window's `inherits="QuestFont"` FontStrings are transcribed faithfully below (they are
-        part of the quoted geometry), but until the font-object slice + our Fonts.xml land on this line
-        the loader warns "unknown template 'QuestFont'" and the strings render in the default font —
-        no worse than before (nothing here inherited a font). They light up automatically when the
-        slice merges. No <TexCoords> is used: every quadrant samples its whole texture (the real gossip
-        window uses TexCoords only on the material/patch art we omit), so this window needs none of it.
-
-        The NPC name rides in the title banner (ref GossipFrameNpcNameText, l.157-178): a GameFontHighlight
-        FontString centred at the window TOP -23, mirroring the merchant's pattern — the app resolves the
-        gossip NPC's guid through the NameCache and delivers the name as arg1 of GOSSIP_SHOW; empty until
-        it lands. The GOODBYE button rides bottom-right (ref GossipFrameGreetingGoodbyeButton, l.206-222),
-        wired to the same close path as the close button.
-
-        The scroll frame IS here now (ref l.223-436): the greeting + the 32-row pool ride a real
-        `<ScrollFrame>`, so a menu taller than the parchment scrolls instead of spilling out of the
-        window. See the ScrollFrame's own comment below. Nothing of the real window is knowingly
-        omitted any more except the BotLeftPatch material art.
-
-        UIPanel slot system (decision 0084 §2): carries NO hardcoded <Anchors> — ShowUIPanel/SetLeftFrame
-        SetPoints it to the left slot (TOPLEFT UIParent, 0, -104) on open; every show goes through
-        ShowUIPanel, every hide through HideUIPanel, never Show()/Hide() directly.
-    -->
-    <Script><![CDATA[
-        -- The shared row pool's cap (decision 0088 §3): quest rows fill from slot 1, option rows fill
-        -- after them, both drawing from the SAME GossipTitleButton1..32 buttons (ref's single
-        -- GossipTitleButton pool, l.24-29/63-128). This IS the reference's number
-        -- (`NUMGOSSIPBUTTONS = 32`, ref-GossipFrame.lua l.1); benilla ran a cap of 8 only because an
-        -- overflowing menu had nowhere to go — with the scroll frame below, it does.
-        BENILLA_GOSSIP_MAX = 32
-
-        -- Every widget that can be the LOWEST visible thing in the scroll child, for the content
-        -- measure (BenillaScroll_ResizeChild, ScrollTemplates.xml). Built once at load, like the
-        -- quest window's per-panel lists.
-        BENILLA_GOSSIP_SCROLL_WIDGETS = (function()
-            local t = { "GossipGreetingText" }
-            for i = 1, BENILLA_GOSSIP_MAX do table.insert(t, "GossipTitleButton" .. i) end
-            return t
-        end)()
-
-        -- The Era icon-type string → the real Blizzard gossip-icon texture (resolves from the MPQ at
-        -- render). Unmapped types fall back to the chat bubble (the app already defaults unknowns to
-        -- "gossip", so this is belt-and-braces).
-        --
-        -- These are ALL TEN the 1.12 install ships under `Interface\GossipFrame\*GossipIcon.blp`.
-        -- The reference builds the path by pasting the type string straight in (ref
-        -- GossipFrame.lua:123), so the shipped art is the whole vocabulary a row can draw. The app
-        -- indexes the wire icon byte into the client's own name table (`ui_gossip::
-        -- GOSSIP_ICON_TYPES`, VERIFIED at 0x84b7ac — decisions 1331/1335); four of these
-        -- (healer/banker/petition/tabard) were unreachable before 1331, which is why the
-        -- innkeeper's bind line drew a speech bubble (B249).
-        --
-        -- The client's table has an ELEVENTH name, `auctioneer` at index 10, and 5875 ships no
-        -- texture for it — the reference draws nothing there. No key for it here on purpose: our
-        -- lookup then falls back to the chat bubble, which is the better wrong answer than a
-        -- missing texture, and `ui_gossip`'s test pins the absence so nobody invents a path.
-        BENILLA_GOSSIP_ICONS = {
-            gossip = "Interface\\GossipFrame\\GossipGossipIcon",
-            vendor = "Interface\\GossipFrame\\VendorGossipIcon",
-            taxi = "Interface\\GossipFrame\\TaxiGossipIcon",
-            trainer = "Interface\\GossipFrame\\TrainerGossipIcon",
-            healer = "Interface\\GossipFrame\\HealerGossipIcon",
-            binder = "Interface\\GossipFrame\\BinderGossipIcon",
-            banker = "Interface\\GossipFrame\\BankerGossipIcon",
-            petition = "Interface\\GossipFrame\\PetitionGossipIcon",
-            tabard = "Interface\\GossipFrame\\TabardGossipIcon",
-            battlemaster = "Interface\\GossipFrame\\BattleMasterGossipIcon",
-        }
-
-        -- The real per-row quest icons (ref l.75/99) — active (in-progress/turn-in) vs available
-        -- (not yet accepted), the same split `GossipQuestRow.active` already carries off the wire.
-        BENILLA_GOSSIP_QUEST_ICON_ACTIVE = "Interface\\GossipFrame\\ActiveQuestIcon"
-        BENILLA_GOSSIP_QUEST_ICON_AVAILABLE = "Interface\\GossipFrame\\AvailableQuestIcon"
-
-        function BenillaGossipRow_OnLoad(button)
-            button.icon = getglobal(button:GetName() .. "Icon")
-            button.label = getglobal(button:GetName() .. "Label")
-        end
-
-        -- The ref's GossipResize (ref l.130-132: `SetHeight(GetTextHeight() + 2)`) — a row is as
-        -- tall as its OWN wrapped label. Load-bearing, not cosmetic: the rows hang off each other
-        -- in one static chain (each on the previous row's BOTTOMLEFT), so a row left at the
-        -- template's 16px while its label draws three wrapped lines puts the next row's text
-        -- straight through this one's — every long option overprinting its neighbour (the
-        -- director's judgement-menu screenshot). The reference's own LEFT-anchored label is only
-        -- correct BECAUSE of this resize: centring the text on a row sized to the text is the same
-        -- as top-aligning it.
-        --
-        -- Deviation from the ref, the same one the tab-fit carries (UiPanels.xml
-        -- `BenillaTabButton_OnUpdate`): the client's GetTextHeight is a synchronous font-engine
-        -- call, ours is the measure round-trip's answer and lands a frame late — 0 until the host
-        -- has measured THIS text. A zero keeps the current height (never collapses the row) and
-        -- the frame's OnUpdate below re-runs the fit until it settles.
-        function BenillaGossipRow_Resize(button)
-            local h = button.label:GetHeight()
-            if h <= 0 or button.benillaFitHeight == h then return end
-            button.benillaFitHeight = h
-            button:SetHeight(h + 2)
-        end
-
-        -- Size the scroll child to the rows actually on it, so the bar ranges over the real content
-        -- (the ref grows its child with the 15px GossipSpacerFrame under the last row instead —
-        -- ref-GossipFrame.lua l.39-44; the shared kit's BENILLA_SCROLL_PAD is that breathing room).
-        function BenillaGossipFrame_SizeScrollChild()
-            BenillaScroll_ResizeChild("GossipGreetingScrollFrame", BENILLA_GOSSIP_SCROLL_WIDGETS)
-        end
-
-        -- The convergence driver (the tab-fit / quest-panel idiom): while the menu is up, re-fit
-        -- every visible row until its measure lands, after which the guard above makes this a
-        -- no-op compare per row per frame. OnUpdate only fires on effectively-visible frames, so
-        -- a closed gossip window costs nothing. The rows fit FIRST and the child is measured after,
-        -- so the scroll range sees their settled heights in the same pass.
-        function BenillaGossipFrame_OnUpdate()
-            for i = 1, BENILLA_GOSSIP_MAX do
-                local button = getglobal("GossipTitleButton" .. i)
-                if button:IsShown() then
-                    BenillaGossipRow_Resize(button)
-                end
-            end
-            BenillaGossipFrame_SizeScrollChild()
-        end
-
-        -- One shared row serves either a quest or an option depending on what
-        -- BenillaGossipFrame_Update assigned it this repaint (button.kind, set there) — mirrors the
-        -- ref's titleButton.type dispatch (ref l.53-61), collapsed onto our seam's two intents
-        -- (SelectGossipQuest covers both the ref's Available/Active clicks, gossip.rs's doc comment).
-        function BenillaGossipRow_OnClick(button)
-            if button.kind == "available" then
-                SelectGossipAvailableQuest(button.itemIndex)
-            elseif button.kind == "active" then
-                SelectGossipActiveQuest(button.itemIndex)
-            else
-                SelectGossipOption(button.itemIndex)
-            end
-        end
-
-        function BenillaGossipFrame_Update()
-            getglobal("GossipGreetingText"):SetText(GetGossipText() or "")
-            -- **The reference's own two lists, in the reference's own order** (ref l.27-28:
-            -- available, then active). Each verb returns a flat vararg of (title, level) PAIRS, and
-            -- each click indexes back INTO ITS OWN LIST — which is why the row remembers which
-            -- list it came from rather than one shared position. This replaced
-            -- `GetNumGossipQuests`/`GetGossipQuestInfo`/`SelectGossipQuest`, three names benilla
-            -- invented and 1.12 does not have (1189: a superset is not free).
-            local avail = { GetGossipAvailableQuests() }
-            local active = { GetGossipActiveQuests() }
-            local numAvail, numActive = #avail / 2, #active / 2
-            local numQuests = numAvail + numActive
-            -- GetGossipOptions() returns a flat vararg of (label, type) pairs (the Era shape).
-            local opts = { GetGossipOptions() }
-            local numOptions = #opts / 2
-            for i = 1, BENILLA_GOSSIP_MAX do
-                local button = getglobal("GossipTitleButton" .. i)
-                if i <= numQuests then
-                    local isActive = i > numAvail
-                    local listIndex = isActive and (i - numAvail) or i
-                    local src = isActive and active or avail
-                    button.kind = isActive and "active" or "available"
-                    button.itemIndex = listIndex
-                    button.label:SetText(src[(listIndex - 1) * 2 + 1])
-                    BenillaGossipRow_Resize(button)
-                    button.icon:SetTexture(isActive and BENILLA_GOSSIP_QUEST_ICON_ACTIVE or BENILLA_GOSSIP_QUEST_ICON_AVAILABLE)
-                    button:Enable()
-                    button:Show()
-                elseif i <= numQuests + numOptions then
-                    -- Option rows fill after every quest row (ref l.29 runs last) — itemIndex is the
-                    -- row's position WITHIN the options list, not the shared pool slot.
-                    local optIndex = i - numQuests
-                    local label = opts[(optIndex - 1) * 2 + 1]
-                    local otype = opts[(optIndex - 1) * 2 + 2]
-                    button.kind = "option"
-                    button.itemIndex = optIndex
-                    button.label:SetText(label)
-                    -- A label whose measure is already cached (a revisit to this NPC) fits on this
-                    -- very repaint; a fresh string fits on the next OnUpdate tick.
-                    BenillaGossipRow_Resize(button)
-                    button.icon:SetTexture(BENILLA_GOSSIP_ICONS[otype] or BENILLA_GOSSIP_ICONS.gossip)
-                    -- Coded (password) options are greyed and unselectable in v1 (decision 0081).
-                    if IsGossipOptionCoded(optIndex) then
-                        button:Disable()
-                    else
-                        button:Enable()
-                    end
-                    button:Show()
-                else
-                    button:Hide()
-                end
-            end
-            -- The ref's GossipFrameUpdate tail (ref-GossipFrame.lua l.46-48): a repaint always lands
-            -- back at the TOP of the menu, then re-ranges the bar off the new content.
-            getglobal("GossipGreetingScrollFrame"):SetVerticalScroll(0)
-            BenillaGossipFrame_SizeScrollChild()
-        end
-
-        function GossipFrame_OnLoad()
-            local frame = this
-            -- The NPC portrait: the "npc" unit token → the interaction NPC's live model bake
-            -- (crates/benilla/src/portrait, InteractNpc). Bound once; the app re-resolves it every
-            -- frame, so a revisit to a different gossip NPC shows that face.
-            SetPortraitTexture(getglobal(frame:GetName() .. "Portrait"), "npc")
-            frame:RegisterEvent("GOSSIP_SHOW")
-            frame:RegisterEvent("GOSSIP_CLOSED")
-        end
-
-        -- The gossip NPC's name arrives as arg1 of GOSSIP_SHOW (the app resolves the NPC guid through
-        -- the NameCache); nil/empty until it lands → a blank banner (mirrors the merchant title).
-        function BenillaGossipFrame_SetTitle(name)
-            getglobal("GossipFrameNpcNameText"):SetText(name or "")
-        end
-
-        function GossipFrame_OnEvent()
-            local frame = this
-            if event == "GOSSIP_SHOW" then
-                BenillaGossipFrame_SetTitle(arg1)
-                BenillaGossipFrame_Update()
-                ShowUIPanel(frame)
-            elseif event == "GOSSIP_CLOSED" then
-                HideUIPanel(frame)
-            end
-        end
-
-        function BenillaGossipCloseButton_OnClick()
-            -- vanilla's client-side close sends no packet; the app clears the menu on this intent
-            -- (which fires GOSSIP_CLOSED), and we hide immediately so there's no one-frame lag.
-            CloseGossip()
-            HideUIPanel(getglobal("GossipFrame"))
-        end
-    ]]></Script>
-
-    <!--
-        One shared gossip row (ref GossipTitleButtonTemplate, l.86-125): the real 300×16 template, used
-        by the REAL client for quest rows AND option rows alike (a single pool, ref l.24-29/63-128) — we
-        do the same rather than carrying two near-identical templates. The type icon sits at the row's
-        TOPLEFT (16×16; ref $parentGossipIcon, l.92-102) — the real XML defaults it to
-        UI-Quest-BulletPoint, but the real client (like us) overrides it per row kind at Update time, so
-        we carry no default file and let BenillaGossipFrame_Update set it (quest → Active/AvailableQuestIcon,
-        ref l.75/99; option → the per-type GossipIcon). The label is QuestFont, LEFT, at LEFT +20 (ref
-        ButtonText, l.112-124). The highlight is the real UI-QuestTitleHighlight ADD glow (ref l.111).
-    -->
-    <!-- ref GossipFrame.xml l.4-85. The gossip window's panel is a template of its own in the
-         reference, carrying the four QuestGreeting quadrant slabs AND the four `$parentMaterial*`
-         overlays. Ours had neither: the corner art sat directly on `GossipFrame` and there was no
-         panel at all, so the reference's own `GossipFrameGreetingPanel` and its four Material
-         regions did not exist. pfUI's `skins/blizzard/gossipquest.lua` walks
-         `_G[frameName..panel.."Panel"]` and then its four `Material*` children for the Gossip
-         window exactly as it does for Quest.
-         The materials are fileless and unshown for the same reason as QuestFrame's — Parchment is
-         the branch this client always takes (`QuestFrame_GetMaterial`), which hides all four. -->
-    <Frame name="GossipFramePanelTemplate" virtual="true">
-        <Size><AbsDimension x="384" y="512"/></Size>
-        <Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT"/></Anchors>
-        <Layers>
-            <Layer level="BACKGROUND">
-                <Texture file="Interface\QuestFrame\UI-QuestGreeting-TopLeft">
-                    <Size><AbsDimension x="256" y="256"/></Size>
-                    <Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativePoint="TOPLEFT"/></Anchors>
-                </Texture>
-                <Texture file="Interface\QuestFrame\UI-QuestGreeting-TopRight">
-                    <Size><AbsDimension x="128" y="256"/></Size>
-                    <Anchors><Anchor point="TOPRIGHT" relativePoint="TOPRIGHT"/></Anchors>
-                </Texture>
-                <Texture file="Interface\QuestFrame\UI-QuestGreeting-BotLeft">
-                    <Size><AbsDimension x="256" y="256"/></Size>
-                    <Anchors><Anchor point="BOTTOMLEFT" relativePoint="BOTTOMLEFT"/></Anchors>
-                </Texture>
-                <Texture file="Interface\QuestFrame\UI-QuestGreeting-BotRight">
-                    <Size><AbsDimension x="128" y="256"/></Size>
-                    <Anchors><Anchor point="BOTTOMRIGHT" relativePoint="BOTTOMRIGHT"/></Anchors>
-                </Texture>
-            </Layer>
-            <Layer level="BORDER">
-                <Texture name="$parentMaterialTopLeft" hidden="true">
-                    <Size><AbsDimension x="239" y="241"/></Size>
-                    <Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="21" y="-75"/></Offset></Anchor></Anchors>
-                </Texture>
-                <Texture name="$parentMaterialTopRight" hidden="true">
-                    <Size><AbsDimension x="64" y="241"/></Size>
-                    <Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativeTo="$parentMaterialTopLeft" relativePoint="TOPRIGHT"/></Anchors>
-                </Texture>
-                <Texture name="$parentMaterialBotLeft" hidden="true">
-                    <Size><AbsDimension x="239" y="128"/></Size>
-                    <Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativeTo="$parentMaterialTopLeft" relativePoint="BOTTOMLEFT"/></Anchors>
-                </Texture>
-                <Texture name="$parentMaterialBotRight" hidden="true">
-                    <Size><AbsDimension x="64" y="128"/></Size>
-                    <Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativeTo="$parentMaterialTopLeft" relativePoint="BOTTOMRIGHT"/></Anchors>
-                </Texture>
-            </Layer>
-        </Layers>
-    </Frame>
-
-    <Button name="GossipTitleButtonTemplate" virtual="true">
-        <Size><AbsDimension x="300" y="16"/></Size>
-        <Layers>
-            <Layer level="BACKGROUND">
-                <Texture name="$parentIcon">
-                    <Size><AbsDimension x="16" y="16"/></Size>
-                    <Anchors>
-                        <Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativePoint="TOPLEFT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="0" y="0"/></Offset></Anchor>
-                    </Anchors>
-                </Texture>
-            </Layer>
-            <Layer level="ARTWORK">
-                <FontString name="$parentLabel" inherits="QuestFont" justifyH="LEFT">
-                    <Size><AbsDimension x="275" y="0"/></Size>
-                    <Anchors>
-                        <Anchor point="LEFT" relativePoint="LEFT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="20" y="0"/></Offset></Anchor>
-                    </Anchors>
-                </FontString>
-            </Layer>
-        </Layers>
-        <HighlightTexture file="Interface\QuestFrame\UI-QuestTitleHighlight" alphaMode="ADD"/>
-        <Scripts>
-            <OnClick>BenillaGossipRow_OnClick(self)</OnClick>
-        </Scripts>
-    </Button>
-
-    <Frame name="GossipFrame" enableMouse="true" toplevel="true" parent="UIParent" hidden="true">
-        <!-- The real 384×512 window (ref l.128). No <Anchors> — ShowUIPanel/SetLeftFrame SetPoints this
-             to the left slot on open. -->
-        <Size><AbsDimension x="384" y="512"/></Size>
-        <Layers>
-            <!-- The four QuestGreeting quadrant slabs that ARE the parchment art (ref l.13-44): 256-wide
-                 left halves, 128-wide right halves, each 256 tall, pinned to their corner. No <TexCoords>
-                 — each samples its whole texture. The solid-colour fill is gone (the parchment is
-                 opaque). -->
-            <Layer level="BACKGROUND">
-                <!-- NPC portrait 60×60 TOPLEFT (7,-6) (ref GossipFramePortrait), declared BEFORE the
-                     parchment so it draws UNDER it and the parchment's ring frames the portrait (the empty
-                     ring showed the scene through the hole before). Bound in OnLoad, circle-masked. -->
-                <Texture name="$parentPortrait">
-                    <Size><AbsDimension x="60" y="60"/></Size>
-                    <Anchors>
-                        <Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativePoint="TOPLEFT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="7" y="-6"/></Offset></Anchor>
-                    </Anchors>
-                </Texture>
-            </Layer>
-            <Layer level="ARTWORK">
-                <!-- NPC name banner (ref GossipFrameNpcNameText l.157-178): GameFontHighlight, centred
-                     on the window at TOP -23. The app delivers the name as arg1 of GOSSIP_SHOW; blank
-                     until it lands. CENTER + the single-point (~zero-width) rect keeps the name centred
-                     regardless of length, exactly like the merchant's title. -->
-                <FontString name="GossipFrameNpcNameText" inherits="GameFontHighlight" justifyH="CENTER">
-                    <Anchors>
-                        <Anchor point="TOP" relativePoint="TOP"><Offset><AbsDimension x="0" y="-23"/></Offset></Anchor>
-                    </Anchors>
-                </FontString>
-            </Layer>
-        </Layers>
-        <Frames>
-            <!-- ref l.188-204. The greeting PANEL — the parchment page the whole gossip window
-                 is drawn on. It did not exist here: the corner art sat on `GossipFrame` itself and
-                 the scroll hung straight off the window, so the reference's own
-                 `GossipFrameGreetingPanel` (and the four Material regions it inherits) had no
-                 counterpart. The art moved onto `GossipFramePanelTemplate` above with it, which is
-                 where the reference keeps it. The BotLeftPatch stays a per-instance ARTWORK
-                 texture, as the ref declares it here rather than on the template. -->
-            <Frame name="GossipFrameGreetingPanel" inherits="GossipFramePanelTemplate">
-                <Layers>
-                    <Layer level="ARTWORK">
-                        <!-- Gossip has no bottom-LEFT button, but the shared UI-QuestGreeting-BotLeft
-                             art bakes the button recess in — the ref covers it with this patch
-                             (the director's "bottom left hole"). -->
-                        <Texture file="Interface\QuestFrame\UI-Quest-BotLeftPatch">
-                            <Size><AbsDimension x="128" y="64"/></Size>
-                            <Anchors><Anchor point="BOTTOMLEFT" relativePoint="BOTTOMLEFT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="22" y="68"/></Offset></Anchor></Anchors>
-                        </Texture>
-                    </Layer>
-                </Layers>
-                <Frames>
-                <Button name="GossipFrameGreetingGoodbyeButton">
-                    <Size><AbsDimension x="78" y="22"/></Size>
-                    <Anchors>
-                        <Anchor point="BOTTOMRIGHT" relativePoint="BOTTOMRIGHT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="-39" y="73"/></Offset></Anchor>
-                    </Anchors>
-                    <Layers>
-                        <Layer level="OVERLAY">
-                            <FontString name="$parentText" inherits="GameFontNormal" justifyH="CENTER" text="Goodbye">
-                                <Anchors>
-                                    <Anchor point="CENTER" relativePoint="CENTER"/>
-                                </Anchors>
-                            </FontString>
-                        </Layer>
-                    </Layers>
-                    <!-- The button face occupies only the top-left 0.625×0.6875 of each file — the real
-                         UIPanelButton*Texture templates slice it with exactly these TexCoords
-                         (ref-UIPanelTemplates.xml l.3-17). Drawing the whole file (transparent padding
-                         included) squashed the face into the scuffed blob the director's A/B caught. -->
-                    <NormalFont inherits="GameFontNormal"/>
-                    <HighlightFont inherits="GameFontHighlight"/>
-                    <DisabledFont inherits="GameFontDisable"/>
-                    <NormalTexture file="Interface\Buttons\UI-Panel-Button-Up">
-                        <TexCoords left="0" right="0.625" top="0" bottom="0.6875"/>
-                    </NormalTexture>
-                    <PushedTexture file="Interface\Buttons\UI-Panel-Button-Down">
-                        <TexCoords left="0" right="0.625" top="0" bottom="0.6875"/>
-                    </PushedTexture>
-                    <HighlightTexture file="Interface\Buttons\UI-Panel-Button-Highlight" alphaMode="ADD">
-                        <TexCoords left="0" right="0.625" top="0" bottom="0.6875"/>
-                    </HighlightTexture>
-                    <Scripts>
-                        <OnClick>BenillaGossipCloseButton_OnClick()</OnClick>
-                    </Scripts>
-                </Button>
-                <!--
-                    The greeting + row list live inside a REAL ScrollFrame — the reference's own structure
-                    (ref-GossipFrame.xml l.223-436, extracted via mpqx this session), which benilla omitted
-                    on the grounds that "our short greeting needs no scrolling". A gossip menu of wrapped
-                    roleplay options is exactly the case that breaks: once each row grew to its text
-                    (BenillaGossipRow_Resize), four long options ran off the parchment and out of the
-                    window (the director's second screenshot). The ref's answer is this scroll frame, and
-                    it is now ours: 300x334 at the window's TOPLEFT +(23,-81) (ref l.223-233) over a child
-                    the same size (ref l.235-239), the greeting at the child's +(10,-10) (ref l.241-252),
-                    and the row chain hanging off the greeting exactly as before (ref l.256-269).
-
-                    Content taller than the frame is CLIPPED to it and panned (engine mechanism, decision
-                    0112) instead of overflowing; BenillaGossipFrame_SizeScrollChild sizes the child to the
-                    measured content each repaint, which re-ranges the bar through OnScrollRangeChanged.
-                    The ref grows its child with a 15px GossipSpacerFrame under the last row (ref l.421-432,
-                    re-anchored per update by GossipFrame.lua l.39-44); ours is the shared kit's
-                    BENILLA_SCROLL_PAD, the same breathing room by a plainer mechanism.
-                -->
-                <ScrollFrame name="GossipGreetingScrollFrame" inherits="UIPanelScrollFrameTemplate">
-                    <Size><AbsDimension x="300" y="334"/></Size>
-                    <Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativePoint="TOPLEFT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="23" y="-81"/></Offset></Anchor></Anchors>
-                    <ScrollChild>
-                            <Frame name="GossipGreetingScrollChildFrame">
-                            <Size><AbsDimension x="300" y="334"/></Size>
-                            <Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativePoint="TOPLEFT"/></Anchors>
-                            <Layers>
-                                <Layer level="ARTWORK">
-                                    <!-- Greeting body: the real GossipGreetingText (ref l.241-252) — QuestFont,
-                                         LEFT, 270 wide so the engine wraps it, at the child's +(10,-10). -->
-                                    <FontString name="GossipGreetingText" inherits="QuestFont" justifyH="LEFT">
-                                        <Size><AbsDimension x="270" y="0"/></Size>
-                                        <Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativePoint="TOPLEFT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="10" y="-10"/></Offset></Anchor></Anchors>
-                                    </FontString>
-                                </Layer>
-                            </Layers>
-                            <Frames>
-                                <!-- The shared row pool, now the reference's full NUMGOSSIPBUTTONS = 32
-                                     (ref-GossipFrame.lua l.1; ours capped at 8 only because an overflowing
-                                     menu had nowhere to go). Quest rows fill it first, option rows after
-                                     (decision 0088 sec.3). Row 1 hangs off the GREETING's BOTTOMLEFT +(-10,-20),
-                                     the rest off the previous row's BOTTOMLEFT (ref l.256-269) — one static
-                                     chain, so rows re-flow off each other's measured heights with no runtime
-                                     repositioning. -->
-                                <Button name="GossipTitleButton1" inherits="GossipTitleButtonTemplate"><Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativeTo="GossipGreetingText" relativePoint="BOTTOMLEFT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="-10" y="-20"/></Offset></Anchor></Anchors><Scripts><OnLoad>BenillaGossipRow_OnLoad(self)</OnLoad></Scripts></Button>
-                                <Button name="GossipTitleButton2" inherits="GossipTitleButtonTemplate"><Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativeTo="GossipTitleButton1" relativePoint="BOTTOMLEFT"/></Anchors><Scripts><OnLoad>BenillaGossipRow_OnLoad(self)</OnLoad></Scripts></Button>
-                                <Button name="GossipTitleButton3" inherits="GossipTitleButtonTemplate"><Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativeTo="GossipTitleButton2" relativePoint="BOTTOMLEFT"/></Anchors><Scripts><OnLoad>BenillaGossipRow_OnLoad(self)</OnLoad></Scripts></Button>
-                                <Button name="GossipTitleButton4" inherits="GossipTitleButtonTemplate"><Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativeTo="GossipTitleButton3" relativePoint="BOTTOMLEFT"/></Anchors><Scripts><OnLoad>BenillaGossipRow_OnLoad(self)</OnLoad></Scripts></Button>
-                                <Button name="GossipTitleButton5" inherits="GossipTitleButtonTemplate"><Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativeTo="GossipTitleButton4" relativePoint="BOTTOMLEFT"/></Anchors><Scripts><OnLoad>BenillaGossipRow_OnLoad(self)</OnLoad></Scripts></Button>
-                                <Button name="GossipTitleButton6" inherits="GossipTitleButtonTemplate"><Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativeTo="GossipTitleButton5" relativePoint="BOTTOMLEFT"/></Anchors><Scripts><OnLoad>BenillaGossipRow_OnLoad(self)</OnLoad></Scripts></Button>
-                                <Button name="GossipTitleButton7" inherits="GossipTitleButtonTemplate"><Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativeTo="GossipTitleButton6" relativePoint="BOTTOMLEFT"/></Anchors><Scripts><OnLoad>BenillaGossipRow_OnLoad(self)</OnLoad></Scripts></Button>
-                                <Button name="GossipTitleButton8" inherits="GossipTitleButtonTemplate"><Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativeTo="GossipTitleButton7" relativePoint="BOTTOMLEFT"/></Anchors><Scripts><OnLoad>BenillaGossipRow_OnLoad(self)</OnLoad></Scripts></Button>
-                                <Button name="GossipTitleButton9" inherits="GossipTitleButtonTemplate"><Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativeTo="GossipTitleButton8" relativePoint="BOTTOMLEFT"/></Anchors><Scripts><OnLoad>BenillaGossipRow_OnLoad(self)</OnLoad></Scripts></Button>
-                                <Button name="GossipTitleButton10" inherits="GossipTitleButtonTemplate"><Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativeTo="GossipTitleButton9" relativePoint="BOTTOMLEFT"/></Anchors><Scripts><OnLoad>BenillaGossipRow_OnLoad(self)</OnLoad></Scripts></Button>
-                                <Button name="GossipTitleButton11" inherits="GossipTitleButtonTemplate"><Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativeTo="GossipTitleButton10" relativePoint="BOTTOMLEFT"/></Anchors><Scripts><OnLoad>BenillaGossipRow_OnLoad(self)</OnLoad></Scripts></Button>
-                                <Button name="GossipTitleButton12" inherits="GossipTitleButtonTemplate"><Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativeTo="GossipTitleButton11" relativePoint="BOTTOMLEFT"/></Anchors><Scripts><OnLoad>BenillaGossipRow_OnLoad(self)</OnLoad></Scripts></Button>
-                                <Button name="GossipTitleButton13" inherits="GossipTitleButtonTemplate"><Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativeTo="GossipTitleButton12" relativePoint="BOTTOMLEFT"/></Anchors><Scripts><OnLoad>BenillaGossipRow_OnLoad(self)</OnLoad></Scripts></Button>
-                                <Button name="GossipTitleButton14" inherits="GossipTitleButtonTemplate"><Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativeTo="GossipTitleButton13" relativePoint="BOTTOMLEFT"/></Anchors><Scripts><OnLoad>BenillaGossipRow_OnLoad(self)</OnLoad></Scripts></Button>
-                                <Button name="GossipTitleButton15" inherits="GossipTitleButtonTemplate"><Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativeTo="GossipTitleButton14" relativePoint="BOTTOMLEFT"/></Anchors><Scripts><OnLoad>BenillaGossipRow_OnLoad(self)</OnLoad></Scripts></Button>
-                                <Button name="GossipTitleButton16" inherits="GossipTitleButtonTemplate"><Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativeTo="GossipTitleButton15" relativePoint="BOTTOMLEFT"/></Anchors><Scripts><OnLoad>BenillaGossipRow_OnLoad(self)</OnLoad></Scripts></Button>
-                                <Button name="GossipTitleButton17" inherits="GossipTitleButtonTemplate"><Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativeTo="GossipTitleButton16" relativePoint="BOTTOMLEFT"/></Anchors><Scripts><OnLoad>BenillaGossipRow_OnLoad(self)</OnLoad></Scripts></Button>
-                                <Button name="GossipTitleButton18" inherits="GossipTitleButtonTemplate"><Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativeTo="GossipTitleButton17" relativePoint="BOTTOMLEFT"/></Anchors><Scripts><OnLoad>BenillaGossipRow_OnLoad(self)</OnLoad></Scripts></Button>
-                                <Button name="GossipTitleButton19" inherits="GossipTitleButtonTemplate"><Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativeTo="GossipTitleButton18" relativePoint="BOTTOMLEFT"/></Anchors><Scripts><OnLoad>BenillaGossipRow_OnLoad(self)</OnLoad></Scripts></Button>
-                                <Button name="GossipTitleButton20" inherits="GossipTitleButtonTemplate"><Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativeTo="GossipTitleButton19" relativePoint="BOTTOMLEFT"/></Anchors><Scripts><OnLoad>BenillaGossipRow_OnLoad(self)</OnLoad></Scripts></Button>
-                                <Button name="GossipTitleButton21" inherits="GossipTitleButtonTemplate"><Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativeTo="GossipTitleButton20" relativePoint="BOTTOMLEFT"/></Anchors><Scripts><OnLoad>BenillaGossipRow_OnLoad(self)</OnLoad></Scripts></Button>
-                                <Button name="GossipTitleButton22" inherits="GossipTitleButtonTemplate"><Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativeTo="GossipTitleButton21" relativePoint="BOTTOMLEFT"/></Anchors><Scripts><OnLoad>BenillaGossipRow_OnLoad(self)</OnLoad></Scripts></Button>
-                                <Button name="GossipTitleButton23" inherits="GossipTitleButtonTemplate"><Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativeTo="GossipTitleButton22" relativePoint="BOTTOMLEFT"/></Anchors><Scripts><OnLoad>BenillaGossipRow_OnLoad(self)</OnLoad></Scripts></Button>
-                                <Button name="GossipTitleButton24" inherits="GossipTitleButtonTemplate"><Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativeTo="GossipTitleButton23" relativePoint="BOTTOMLEFT"/></Anchors><Scripts><OnLoad>BenillaGossipRow_OnLoad(self)</OnLoad></Scripts></Button>
-                                <Button name="GossipTitleButton25" inherits="GossipTitleButtonTemplate"><Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativeTo="GossipTitleButton24" relativePoint="BOTTOMLEFT"/></Anchors><Scripts><OnLoad>BenillaGossipRow_OnLoad(self)</OnLoad></Scripts></Button>
-                                <Button name="GossipTitleButton26" inherits="GossipTitleButtonTemplate"><Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativeTo="GossipTitleButton25" relativePoint="BOTTOMLEFT"/></Anchors><Scripts><OnLoad>BenillaGossipRow_OnLoad(self)</OnLoad></Scripts></Button>
-                                <Button name="GossipTitleButton27" inherits="GossipTitleButtonTemplate"><Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativeTo="GossipTitleButton26" relativePoint="BOTTOMLEFT"/></Anchors><Scripts><OnLoad>BenillaGossipRow_OnLoad(self)</OnLoad></Scripts></Button>
-                                <Button name="GossipTitleButton28" inherits="GossipTitleButtonTemplate"><Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativeTo="GossipTitleButton27" relativePoint="BOTTOMLEFT"/></Anchors><Scripts><OnLoad>BenillaGossipRow_OnLoad(self)</OnLoad></Scripts></Button>
-                                <Button name="GossipTitleButton29" inherits="GossipTitleButtonTemplate"><Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativeTo="GossipTitleButton28" relativePoint="BOTTOMLEFT"/></Anchors><Scripts><OnLoad>BenillaGossipRow_OnLoad(self)</OnLoad></Scripts></Button>
-                                <Button name="GossipTitleButton30" inherits="GossipTitleButtonTemplate"><Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativeTo="GossipTitleButton29" relativePoint="BOTTOMLEFT"/></Anchors><Scripts><OnLoad>BenillaGossipRow_OnLoad(self)</OnLoad></Scripts></Button>
-                                <Button name="GossipTitleButton31" inherits="GossipTitleButtonTemplate"><Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativeTo="GossipTitleButton30" relativePoint="BOTTOMLEFT"/></Anchors><Scripts><OnLoad>BenillaGossipRow_OnLoad(self)</OnLoad></Scripts></Button>
-                                <Button name="GossipTitleButton32" inherits="GossipTitleButtonTemplate"><Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativeTo="GossipTitleButton31" relativePoint="BOTTOMLEFT"/></Anchors><Scripts><OnLoad>BenillaGossipRow_OnLoad(self)</OnLoad></Scripts></Button>
-                            </Frames>
-                        </Frame>
-                    </ScrollChild>
-                </ScrollFrame>
-                </Frames>
-            </Frame>
-            <!-- Close: the real GossipFrameCloseButton position (CENTER on the window's TOPRIGHT,
-                 -42,-31; ref l.179-187), on the minimize-button art our close already used (the real
-                 UIPanelCloseButton art rides the tooltip/dialog arc). -->
-            <Button name="GossipFrameCloseButton">
-                <Size><AbsDimension x="32" y="32"/></Size>
-                <Anchors>
-                    <Anchor point="CENTER" relativePoint="TOPRIGHT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="-42" y="-31"/></Offset></Anchor>
-                </Anchors>
-                <NormalTexture file="Interface\Buttons\UI-Panel-MinimizeButton-Up"/>
-                <PushedTexture file="Interface\Buttons\UI-Panel-MinimizeButton-Down"/>
-                <HighlightTexture file="Interface\Buttons\UI-Panel-MinimizeButton-Highlight" alphaMode="ADD"/>
-                <Scripts>
-                    <OnClick>BenillaGossipCloseButton_OnClick()</OnClick>
-                </Scripts>
-            </Button>
-            <!-- GOODBYE button (ref GossipFrameGreetingGoodbyeButton l.206-222): the real red
-                 UIPanelButtonTemplate, 78×22, BOTTOMRIGHT of the window -39,73. Our engine ships no
-                 UIPanelButtonTemplate, so the button face is built directly from the very textures that
-                 template resolves to — UI-Panel-Button-{Up,Down,Highlight} (all verified in the MPQ),
-                 stretched over the button as its Normal/Pushed/Highlight art. The "Goodbye" label
-                 (GlobalStrings GOODBYE = "Goodbye") is an OVERLAY FontString centred on the button (the
-                 real ButtonText draws in the OVERLAY layer). Wired to the same close path as the close
-                 button (CloseGossip → HideUIPanel), mirroring the ref's OnClick HideUIPanel(GossipFrame). -->
-        </Frames>
-        <Scripts>
-            <OnLoad>GossipFrame_OnLoad()</OnLoad>
-            <OnEvent>GossipFrame_OnEvent()</OnEvent>
-            <!-- The row auto-height's settle pass (see BenillaGossipRow_Resize): our text measure
-                 is a frame late, so the fit re-runs here until every visible row's label measure
-                 lands. Fires only while the window is effectively visible. -->
-            <OnUpdate>BenillaGossipFrame_OnUpdate()</OnUpdate>
-            <!-- OnShow/OnHide, quoted from the real GossipFrame.xml frame Scripts (l.445/454): the
-                 kits igQuestListOpen/Close, and — load-bearing — CloseGossip() on hide (the real
-                 GossipFrame_OnHide). CloseGossip ends the gossip session whenever the frame hides,
-                 INCLUDING when another NPC window displaces it at the UIPanel slot (SetLeftFrame →
-                 oldFrame:Hide() → OnHide); without it the GossipState resource stayed set after a
-                 vendor/quest window replaced the menu, and gossip would not reopen until the
-                 range-guard reset it (decision 0095). No-packet client-side clear; idempotent with the
-                 close button, which also calls it. Never fires at load (hidden="true"). -->
-            <OnShow>PlaySound("igQuestListOpen")</OnShow>
-            <OnHide>CloseGossip(); PlaySound("igQuestListClose")</OnHide>
-        </Scripts>
-    </Frame>
-</Ui>
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/assets/ui/MerchantFrame.xml b/crates/benilla-app/assets/ui/MerchantFrame.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3df57f39..00000000
--- a/crates/benilla-app/assets/ui/MerchantFrame.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,1170 +0,0 @@
-<Ui>
-    <!--
-        benilla's vendor window (decision 0081 phase 4), RE-SKINNED to the real 1.12 merchant window
-        (dressing arc, decision 0084): the geometry and art below are QUOTED from the real
-        `MerchantFrame.xml` (scratchpad `ref-MerchantFrame.xml`; line citations inline), turned onto our
-        own feeds/intents. The name `MerchantFrame`, its panel registration
-        (UiPanels.xml's UIPanelWindows["MerchantFrame"], area="left"), the Era vendor feeds
-        (GetMerchantNumItems/GetMerchantItemInfo/BuyMerchantItem/CloseMerchant, GetMoney), and the
-        intent functions are UNCHANGED — only the window's dressing is real now.
-
-        A hidden window that shows on MERCHANT_SHOW, repaints on MERCHANT_UPDATE, and hides on
-        MERCHANT_CLOSED. Up to 10 rows, laid out as the real 2-column × 5-row grid (ref l.273-362): the
-        odd rows fill the left column, the even rows the right. Each row is one wide click button (our
-        whole-row model, decision 0081) carrying a quickslot-ring-backed icon at the row-left, the item
-        name above the price (echoing the real name-over-money stack), a buy-stack count on the
-        icon (the bare number, like a bag slot), and a right-click → BuyMerchantItem.
-
-        Real-window features we still OMIT: drag-buy (PickupMerchantItem). Everything else of the real window
-        ships: the Merchant/Buyback tab pair, the buyback slot + the 12-row buyback page, the
-        repair pair, the page turners. We keep the real geometry of everything we DO ship.
-
-        Clicks (decision 0081 v1): RIGHT-click a row → BuyMerchantItem. LEFT-click is PickupMerchantItem
-        in the real client (a drag-buy) — a no-op here until the cursor-item arc. CTRL-left-click
-        previews the item in the dressing room and SHIFT-left-click posts its link to an open chat
-        edit box (the ref's own fork, MerchantFrame.lua l.301-306 — decisions 1059/1060, over the
-        GetMerchantItemLink feed); the shift-with-chat-closed stack-split half of that arm waits on a
-        GetMerchantItemMaxStack binding (named at the handler).
-
-        UIPanel slot system (decision 0084 §2): carries NO hardcoded <Anchors> — ShowUIPanel/SetLeftFrame
-        SetPoints it to the left slot (TOPLEFT UIParent, 0, -104) on open; every show goes through
-        ShowUIPanel, every hide through HideUIPanel. Both Gossip and Merchant register pushable=0, so
-        opening one over the other REPLACES it at the left slot.
-    -->
-    <Script><![CDATA[
-        MERCHANT_ITEMS_PER_PAGE = 10  -- MERCHANT_ITEMS_PER_PAGE (ref MerchantFrame.lua l.1)
-        BUYBACK_ITEMS_PER_PAGE = 12   -- BUYBACK_ITEMS_PER_PAGE (ref l.2; rows 11/12 are buyback-only)
-
-        function BenillaMerchantItem_OnLoad(button, index)
-            button.merchantIndex = index
-            local n = button:GetName()
-            button.icon = getglobal(n .. "Icon")
-            button.name = getglobal(n .. "Name")
-            button.count = getglobal(n .. "Count")
-            button.slot = getglobal(n .. "Slot")
-            button.nameFrame = getglobal(n .. "NameFrame")
-            -- The label-slot plate's resting dim (ref MerchantFrame.lua l.107/114 — 0.5 gray);
-            -- every fill re-colors it through the sold-out/unusable legs in Row_Fill.
-            button.nameFrame:SetVertexColor(0.5, 0.5, 0.5)
-            -- Both buttons must reach OnClick: right-click buys, left-click is the (pending) drag-buy.
-            -- The default click set is LeftButtonUp only.
-            button:RegisterForClicks("LeftButtonUp", "RightButtonUp")
-        end
-
-        -- The merchant-list index a row button shows on the current page (ref index arithmetic,
-        -- MerchantFrame.lua l.74).
-        function BenillaMerchantFrame_ItemIndex(button)
-            return ((MerchantFrame.page or 1) - 1) * MERCHANT_ITEMS_PER_PAGE + button.merchantIndex
-        end
-
-        function BenillaMerchantItem_OnClick(button, mouseButton)
-            -- Buyback tab: either click buys the slot back (ref MerchantItemButton_OnClick's else
-            -- arm, l.358-361) — and, as there, with NO modifier branch of any kind: 1.12 ships no
-            -- GetBuybackItemLink, so a buyback row carries no link at all (ui_merchant.rs).
-            if MerchantFrame.selectedTab == 2 then
-                BuybackItem(button.merchantIndex)
-                return
-            end
-            local index = BenillaMerchantFrame_ItemIndex(button)
-            if mouseButton == "LeftButton" then
-                -- The reference's LEFT-button modifier fork (ref l.301-306): CTRL previews the
-                -- vendor's item in the dressing room (decision 1060) — which is what the Ctrl-hover
-                -- magnifier this window already arms has been promising — and SHIFT posts its link
-                -- into an open chat edit box (decision 1059). Both return: a modified click must
-                -- never also buy.
-                if IsControlKeyDown() then
-                    DressUpItemLink(GetMerchantItemLink(index))
-                    return
-                elseif IsShiftKeyDown() then
-                    -- ref l.304-306, through the shared helper (UIParent.xml): it carries the ref's
-                    -- own edit-box-visible guard AND our nil-link one (a row whose item template is
-                    -- still in flight has no link yet).
-                    BenillaChatEdit_InsertLink(GetMerchantItemLink(index))
-                    -- DEFERRED, in the ref's own words: the `else` half of that shift arm is
-                    -- `local maxStack = GetMerchantItemMaxStack(this:GetID())` →
-                    -- `OpenStackSplitFrame(maxStack, ...)`, buying up to what you can afford
-                    -- (ref l.307-327). `GetMerchantItemMaxStack` has no binding here, so a
-                    -- shift-click with chat CLOSED does nothing rather than guess a max stack.
-                    return
-                end
-                -- Plain LEFT-click is PickupMerchantItem, a drag-buy onto the cursor (ref l.329) —
-                -- still a no-op here until the cursor-item arc lands.
-            elseif mouseButton == "RightButton" then
-                -- The ref's right-button leg opens with `if IsControlKeyDown() ... then return`
-                -- (l.332-333): a Ctrl-held right-click does nothing at all, and in particular must
-                -- not buy while the player is Ctrl-clicking around to preview. Its shift arm is the
-                -- same GetMerchantItemMaxStack stack-split deferred above (l.334-353) — and the
-                -- ref's own `maxStack <= 1` case re-enters to buy a single unit (l.341-343), which
-                -- is exactly what falling through to BuyMerchantItem does here.
-                if IsControlKeyDown() then
-                    return
-                end
-                BuyMerchantItem(index)
-            end
-        end
-
-        -- Hover: the real item tooltip (GameTooltip:SetMerchantItem / SetBuybackItem by tab —
-        -- ref ItemButton OnEnter l.63-86). The real client's tooltip owner is the row's 37px
-        -- ItemButton at the row's TOPLEFT; ours is the whole 153px row, so ANCHOR_RIGHT walks its
-        -- offset back to the icon's TOPRIGHT (37 − 153 = −116). No buy-price line — the price is
-        -- on the row, and the real vendor tooltip doesn't repeat it.
-        function BenillaMerchantItem_OnEnter(button)
-            if MerchantFrame.selectedTab == 2 then
-                if not GetBuybackItemInfo(button.merchantIndex) then return end
-                GameTooltip:SetOwner(button, "ANCHOR_RIGHT", -116, 0)
-                GameTooltip:SetBuybackItem(button.merchantIndex)
-                GameTooltip:Show()
-                -- Buyback tab: the coin arms directly (ref item OnEnter else-leg,
-                -- ShowBuybackSellCursor l.84) — Buy if affordable, grayed UnableBuy if not.
-                ShowBuybackSellCursor(button.merchantIndex)
-                return
-            end
-            local index = BenillaMerchantFrame_ItemIndex(button)
-            if not GetMerchantItemInfo(index) then return end
-            GameTooltip:SetOwner(button, "ANCHOR_RIGHT", -116, 0)
-            GameTooltip:SetMerchantItem(index)
-            GameTooltip:Show()
-            -- Buy tab: remember the row so the frame's OnUpdate arms the coin every frame — Buy
-            -- vs the grayed UnableBuy by affordability, or the Inspect magnifier while Ctrl is held
-            -- (ref MerchantFrame.itemHover + OnUpdate l.82/725-731).
-            MerchantFrame.itemHover = index
-        end
-
-        function BenillaMerchantItem_OnLeave(button)
-            GameTooltip:Hide()
-            -- Drop the coin/inspect override and stop the OnUpdate arming (ref OnLeave l.87-90).
-            ResetCursor()
-            MerchantFrame.itemHover = nil
-        end
-
-        -- One row's item fill — the shape both pages share (ref fills name/texture/count/money
-        -- identically in UpdateMerchantInfo l.78-118 and UpdateBuybackInfo l.219-260).
-        -- soldOut/usable drive the ref's three coloring legs (l.87-110): a sold-out row grays
-        -- whole (dark red 0.5,0,0 if ALSO unusable), an unusable row reds whole — the label
-        -- plate + socket at full red, the icon at the ref's 0.9 — and the normal row is the
-        -- white socket/icon over the 0.5 plate.
-        function BenillaMerchantRow_Fill(button, name, texture, price, quantity, soldOut, usable)
-            local prefix = button:GetName() .. "Price"
-            if name ~= nil or texture ~= nil then
-                -- name is nil while the item-template query is in flight; the icon comes straight
-                -- from the wire display_id, so it's there immediately.
-                button.icon:SetTexture(texture or BENILLA_FALLBACK_ICON)
-                button.name:SetText(name or "...")
-                BenillaMoney_Set(prefix, price, true) -- left-aligned: gold first
-                -- Buy-stack count only when a purchase delivers more than one — the bare number,
-                -- exactly like a bag slot (the real SetItemButtonCount; no "x" prefix).
-                if (quantity or 1) > 1 then
-                    button.count:SetText(quantity)
-                else
-                    button.count:SetText("")
-                end
-                if soldOut then
-                    if not usable then
-                        button.nameFrame:SetVertexColor(0.5, 0, 0) -- ref l.90-93
-                        button.slot:SetVertexColor(0.5, 0, 0)
-                        button.icon:SetVertexColor(0.5, 0, 0)
-                    else
-                        button.nameFrame:SetVertexColor(0.5, 0.5, 0.5) -- ref l.95-98
-                        button.slot:SetVertexColor(0.5, 0.5, 0.5)
-                        button.icon:SetVertexColor(0.5, 0.5, 0.5)
-                    end
-                elseif not usable then
-                    button.nameFrame:SetVertexColor(1.0, 0, 0) -- ref l.102-105
-                    button.slot:SetVertexColor(1.0, 0, 0)
-                    button.icon:SetVertexColor(0.9, 0, 0)
-                else
-                    button.nameFrame:SetVertexColor(0.5, 0.5, 0.5) -- ref l.107-110
-                    button.slot:SetVertexColor(1, 1, 1)
-                    button.icon:SetVertexColor(1, 1, 1)
-                end
-            else
-                -- Empty slot: clear the item, blank the price coins, dim the socket to 0.4 and
-                -- rest the plate at 0.5 (ref MerchantFrame.lua l.112-118).
-                button.icon:SetTexture(nil)
-                button.name:SetText("")
-                button.count:SetText("")
-                BenillaMoney_Clear(prefix)
-                button.nameFrame:SetVertexColor(0.5, 0.5, 0.5)
-                button.slot:SetVertexColor(0.4, 0.4, 0.4)
-            end
-        end
-
-        -- The merchant page (ref MerchantFrame_UpdateMerchantInfo l.66-193): the paged 10 rows,
-        -- the repair pair, the single most-recent buyback slot, the page buttons, the merchant
-        -- bottom border — and the buyback page's pieces hidden.
-        function MerchantFrame_UpdateMerchantInfo()
-            local frame = MerchantFrame
-            local page = frame.page or 1
-            local numItems = GetMerchantNumItems()
-
-            for i = 1, MERCHANT_ITEMS_PER_PAGE do
-                local button = getglobal("MerchantItem" .. i)
-                local index = (page - 1) * MERCHANT_ITEMS_PER_PAGE + i
-                if index <= numItems then
-                    local name, texture, price, quantity, numAvailable, isUsable = GetMerchantItemInfo(index)
-                    BenillaMerchantRow_Fill(button, name, texture, price, quantity, numAvailable == 0, isUsable)
-                else
-                    BenillaMerchantRow_Fill(button, nil, nil, 0, 0)
-                end
-            end
-
-            -- Rows back to the merchant spacing (ref l.188-192; the buyback page spreads them to
-            -- -15). SetPoint replaces the same-point anchor, the real client's semantics.
-            getglobal("MerchantItem3"):SetPoint("TOPLEFT", getglobal("MerchantItem1"), "BOTTOMLEFT", 0, -8)
-            getglobal("MerchantItem5"):SetPoint("TOPLEFT", getglobal("MerchantItem3"), "BOTTOMLEFT", 0, -8)
-            getglobal("MerchantItem7"):SetPoint("TOPLEFT", getglobal("MerchantItem5"), "BOTTOMLEFT", 0, -8)
-            getglobal("MerchantItem9"):SetPoint("TOPLEFT", getglobal("MerchantItem7"), "BOTTOMLEFT", 0, -8)
-
-            -- Buyback-page-only pieces off (ref l.180-186), merchant-only pieces on (ref l.175-178).
-            getglobal("MerchantItem11"):Hide()
-            getglobal("MerchantItem12"):Hide()
-            getglobal("BuybackFrameTopLeft"):Hide()
-            getglobal("BuybackFrameTopRight"):Hide()
-            getglobal("BuybackFrameBotLeft"):Hide()
-            getglobal("BuybackFrameBotRight"):Hide()
-            getglobal("MerchantFrameBottomLeftBorder"):Show()
-            getglobal("MerchantFrameBottomRightBorder"):Show()
-
-            -- The repair pair shows iff this vendor repairs (ref l.121-130); the all-button
-            -- enables iff there is damage to pay for (ref MerchantFrame_OnShow l.37-46 — our
-            -- vertex-color gray stands in for its SetDesaturation, which the engine lacks).
-            if CanMerchantRepair() then
-                getglobal("MerchantRepairText"):Show()
-                local allButton = getglobal("MerchantRepairAllButton")
-                local itemButton = getglobal("MerchantRepairItemButton")
-                allButton:Show()
-                itemButton:Show()
-                local repairAllCost, canRepair = GetRepairAllCost()
-                local icon = getglobal("MerchantRepairAllIcon")
-                if canRepair then
-                    icon:SetVertexColor(1, 1, 1)
-                    allButton:Enable()
-                else
-                    icon:SetVertexColor(0.5, 0.5, 0.5)
-                    allButton:Disable()
-                end
-            else
-                getglobal("MerchantRepairText"):Hide()
-                getglobal("MerchantRepairAllButton"):Hide()
-                getglobal("MerchantRepairItemButton"):Hide()
-            end
-
-            -- The single buyback slot: the MOST RECENT sale (ref l.132-152 —
-            -- GetBuybackItemInfo(GetNumBuybackItems())).
-            local slot = getglobal("MerchantBuyBackItem")
-            local bbName, bbTexture, bbPrice, bbQuantity = GetBuybackItemInfo(GetNumBuybackItems())
-            if bbName then
-                slot.icon:SetTexture(bbTexture or BENILLA_FALLBACK_ICON)
-                slot.name:SetText(bbName)
-                if (bbQuantity or 1) > 1 then
-                    slot.count:SetText(bbQuantity)
-                else
-                    slot.count:SetText("")
-                end
-                BenillaMoney_Set("MerchantBuyBackItemPrice", bbPrice, true)
-                slot.slot:SetVertexColor(1, 1, 1)
-            else
-                slot.icon:SetTexture(nil)
-                slot.name:SetText("")
-                slot.count:SetText("")
-                BenillaMoney_Clear("MerchantBuyBackItemPrice")
-                slot.slot:SetVertexColor(0.4, 0.4, 0.4)
-                -- Hide the tooltip upon sale of the last slot (ref l.148-151).
-                if GameTooltip:IsOwned(slot) then
-                    GameTooltip:Hide()
-                end
-            end
-            slot:Show()
-
-            -- Paging (ref l.154-173): buttons + label only when the stock overflows one page.
-            local prevButton = getglobal("MerchantPrevPageButton")
-            local nextButton = getglobal("MerchantNextPageButton")
-            local pageText = getglobal("MerchantPageText")
-            if numItems > MERCHANT_ITEMS_PER_PAGE then
-                pageText:SetText(string.format("Page %d", page)) -- PAGE_NUMBER
-                if page == 1 then prevButton:Disable() else prevButton:Enable() end
-                if page >= math.ceil(numItems / MERCHANT_ITEMS_PER_PAGE) then
-                    nextButton:Disable()
-                else
-                    nextButton:Enable()
-                end
-                pageText:Show()
-                prevButton:Show()
-                nextButton:Show()
-            else
-                pageText:Hide()
-                prevButton:Hide()
-                nextButton:Hide()
-            end
-
-            -- Title + portrait back to the vendor (ref l.67-68): re-bind the "npc" model bake the
-            -- buyback page's raw SetTexture(UI-BuyBack-Icon) dropped.
-            BenillaMerchantFrame_SetTitle(frame.vendorName)
-            SetPortraitTexture(getglobal("MerchantFramePortrait"), "npc")
-        end
-
-        -- The buyback page (ref MerchantFrame_UpdateBuybackInfo l.195-273): 12 rows over the
-        -- buyback slots, the wider -15 row spacing, the buyback corner art — and every
-        -- merchant-only piece hidden.
-        function MerchantFrame_UpdateBuybackInfo()
-            getglobal("MerchantNameText"):SetText("Merchant Buyback") -- MERCHANT_BUYBACK
-            -- The buyback icon is drawn for the portrait ring — the ref sets it RAW (SetTexture,
-            -- l.197), not through the portrait mask.
-            getglobal("MerchantFramePortrait"):SetTexture("Interface\\MerchantFrame\\UI-BuyBack-Icon")
-
-            getglobal("MerchantItem11"):Show()
-            getglobal("MerchantItem12"):Show()
-            getglobal("BuybackFrameTopLeft"):Show()
-            getglobal("BuybackFrameTopRight"):Show()
-            getglobal("BuybackFrameBotLeft"):Show()
-            getglobal("BuybackFrameBotRight"):Show()
-
-            -- The wider buyback row spacing (ref l.208-211).
-            getglobal("MerchantItem3"):SetPoint("TOPLEFT", getglobal("MerchantItem1"), "BOTTOMLEFT", 0, -15)
-            getglobal("MerchantItem5"):SetPoint("TOPLEFT", getglobal("MerchantItem3"), "BOTTOMLEFT", 0, -15)
-            getglobal("MerchantItem7"):SetPoint("TOPLEFT", getglobal("MerchantItem5"), "BOTTOMLEFT", 0, -15)
-            getglobal("MerchantItem9"):SetPoint("TOPLEFT", getglobal("MerchantItem7"), "BOTTOMLEFT", 0, -15)
-
-            local numBuyback = GetNumBuybackItems()
-            for i = 1, BUYBACK_ITEMS_PER_PAGE do
-                local button = getglobal("MerchantItem" .. i)
-                if i <= numBuyback then
-                    local name, texture, price, quantity, numAvailable, isUsable = GetBuybackItemInfo(i)
-                    -- Never soldOut here: the ref's buyback sold-out leg tests its merchant-page
-                    -- variable (undefined on this path) and so never fires — buyback rows only
-                    -- red on unusable, they never gray.
-                    BenillaMerchantRow_Fill(button, name, texture, price, quantity, false, isUsable)
-                else
-                    BenillaMerchantRow_Fill(button, nil, nil, 0, 0)
-                end
-            end
-
-            -- Merchant-only pieces off (ref l.263-272).
-            getglobal("MerchantRepairText"):Hide()
-            getglobal("MerchantRepairAllButton"):Hide()
-            getglobal("MerchantRepairItemButton"):Hide()
-            getglobal("MerchantBuyBackItem"):Hide()
-            getglobal("MerchantPrevPageButton"):Hide()
-            getglobal("MerchantNextPageButton"):Hide()
-            getglobal("MerchantPageText"):Hide()
-            getglobal("MerchantFrameBottomLeftBorder"):Hide()
-            getglobal("MerchantFrameBottomRightBorder"):Hide()
-        end
-
-        function MerchantFrame_Update()
-            -- The tab dispatch (ref MerchantFrame_Update l.57-64) + the purse (the ref's money
-            -- frame updates itself on PLAYER_MONEY; ours repaints with the window).
-            if MerchantFrame.selectedTab == 2 then
-                MerchantFrame_UpdateBuybackInfo()
-            else
-                MerchantFrame_UpdateMerchantInfo()
-            end
-            BenillaMoney_Set("MerchantMoney", GetMoney())
-        end
-
-        -- The tab pair (ref MerchantFrameTab1/2 OnClick l.682-685/704-707): select + repaint.
-        function BenillaMerchantFrameTab_OnClick(id)
-            PanelTemplates_SetTab(MerchantFrame, id)
-            MerchantFrame_Update()
-        end
-
-        -- Paging clicks (ref MerchantPrevPageButton_OnClick/Next l.275-285).
-        function MerchantPrevPageButton_OnClick()
-            PlaySound("igMainMenuOptionCheckBoxOn")
-            MerchantFrame.page = (MerchantFrame.page or 1) - 1
-            MerchantFrame_Update()
-        end
-
-        function MerchantNextPageButton_OnClick()
-            PlaySound("igMainMenuOptionCheckBoxOn")
-            MerchantFrame.page = (MerchantFrame.page or 1) + 1
-            MerchantFrame_Update()
-        end
-
-        -- The single buyback slot's handlers (ref MerchantBuyBackItemItemButton l.516-541): a
-        -- click buys back the most recent sale; the hover shows its tooltip.
-        function BenillaMerchantBuyBackItem_OnClick()
-            BuybackItem(GetNumBuybackItems())
-        end
-
-        function BenillaMerchantBuyBackItem_OnEnter(button)
-            if not GetBuybackItemInfo(GetNumBuybackItems()) then return end
-            GameTooltip:SetOwner(button, "ANCHOR_RIGHT", -116, 0)
-            GameTooltip:SetBuybackItem(GetNumBuybackItems())
-            GameTooltip:Show()
-            ShowBuybackSellCursor(GetNumBuybackItems())
-        end
-
-        -- The repair pair (ref MerchantRepairAllButton/MerchantRepairItemButton l.381-459).
-        -- The repair-all tooltip's embedded money line ships (SetTooltipMoney over the shared
-        -- coin kit — its OnEnter above); repair-mode clicks route through InRepairMode
-        -- (decisions 0138/0139).
-        function BenillaMerchantRepairAllButton_OnClick()
-            RepairAllItems()
-            PlaySound("ITEM_REPAIR")
-            GameTooltip:Hide()
-        end
-
-        function BenillaMerchantRepairItemButton_OnClick()
-            if InRepairMode() then
-                HideRepairCursor()
-            else
-                ShowRepairCursor()
-            end
-        end
-
-        function MerchantFrame_OnLoad()
-            local frame = this
-            -- The NPC portrait: the "npc" unit token → the vendor's live model bake
-            -- (crates/benilla/src/portrait, InteractNpc). The buyback page overrides this ring with a
-            -- raw SetTexture (which drops the binding); the vendor page restores it (see below).
-            SetPortraitTexture(getglobal(frame:GetName() .. "Portrait"), "npc")
-            frame:RegisterEvent("MERCHANT_SHOW")
-            frame:RegisterEvent("MERCHANT_UPDATE")
-            frame:RegisterEvent("MERCHANT_CLOSED")
-            -- The purse repaints on the real coinage event (the SmallMoneyFrame's own OnEvent in
-            -- the real client) — a sell changes money without a MERCHANT_UPDATE.
-            frame:RegisterEvent("PLAYER_MONEY")
-            -- The tab pair + first page (ref MerchantFrame_OnLoad l.9-12; children's OnLoads have
-            -- already fired — bottom-up, rf26 — so the tabs exist to select).
-            frame.page = 1
-            PanelTemplates_SetNumTabs(frame, 2)
-            PanelTemplates_SetTab(frame, 1)
-        end
-
-        -- The vendor name arrives as arg1 of MERCHANT_SHOW/MERCHANT_UPDATE (the app resolves the
-        -- vendor guid through the NameCache); nil/empty until it lands → the "Merchant" fallback.
-        function BenillaMerchantFrame_SetTitle(name)
-            if name == nil or name == "" then
-                name = "Merchant"
-            end
-            getglobal("MerchantNameText"):SetText(name)
-        end
-
-        function MerchantFrame_OnEvent()
-            local frame = this
-            if event == "PLAYER_MONEY" then
-                BenillaMoney_Set("MerchantMoney", GetMoney())
-            elseif event == "MERCHANT_SHOW" then
-                -- Fresh session: first page, merchant tab (ref OnEvent l.29 / OnShow l.47).
-                frame.page = 1
-                frame.vendorName = arg1
-                PanelTemplates_SetTab(frame, 1)
-                BenillaMerchantFrame_SetTitle(arg1)
-                MerchantFrame_Update()
-                ShowUIPanel(frame)
-            elseif event == "MERCHANT_UPDATE" then
-                frame.vendorName = arg1
-                if frame.selectedTab ~= 2 then
-                    BenillaMerchantFrame_SetTitle(arg1)
-                end
-                MerchantFrame_Update()
-            elseif event == "MERCHANT_CLOSED" then
-                HideUIPanel(frame)
-            end
-        end
-
-        function BenillaMerchantCloseButton_OnClick()
-            -- vanilla's client-side close sends no packet; the app clears the merchant on this intent
-            -- (which fires MERCHANT_CLOSED), and we hide immediately so there's no one-frame lag.
-            CloseMerchant()
-            HideUIPanel(getglobal("MerchantFrame"))
-        end
-    ]]></Script>
-
-    <!--
-        One vendor row (ref MerchantItemTemplate, l.4-115): the real 153×44 template, with the real
-        plate art now. BACKGROUND carries the two textures the ref template does: the empty-slot socket
-        $parentSlot (Interface\Buttons\UI-EmptySlot, 64×64 at TOPLEFT -13,13 — ref l.10-21) that frames
-        the icon, and the dark label plate $parentNameFrame (Interface\MerchantFrame\UI-Merchant-
-        LabelSlots, 128×78, LEFT of the slot -9,-18 — ref l.22-33) behind the name+price. Every one of
-        the 10 slots always renders these; an empty slot dims the socket to 0.4 and clears its item
-        (MerchantFrame_Update, ref MerchantFrame.lua l.112-118). The name (GameFontNormalSmall,
-        LEFT — ref l.34) sits above the price coins, the real name-over-money stack. The pushed-state
-        depress ring the ref repair buttons use (l.419) is a square-button texture that would smear
-        across our wide whole-row button, so it is OMITTED; the highlight is the square ADD glow.
-    -->
-    <Button name="BenillaMerchantItemTemplate" virtual="true">
-        <Size><AbsDimension x="153" y="44"/></Size>
-        <Layers>
-            <Layer level="BACKGROUND">
-                <!-- Empty-slot socket that frames the icon (ref $parentSlotTexture l.10-21). Its vertex
-                     color is toggled by Update: 1,1,1 occupied / 0.4,0.4,0.4 empty. -->
-                <Texture name="$parentSlot" file="Interface\Buttons\UI-EmptySlot">
-                    <Size><AbsDimension x="64" y="64"/></Size>
-                    <Anchors>
-                        <Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativePoint="TOPLEFT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="-13" y="13"/></Offset></Anchor>
-                    </Anchors>
-                </Texture>
-                <!-- Dark label plate behind the name+price (ref $parentNameFrame l.22-33). Held at
-                     0.5,0.5,0.5 in every state (ref MerchantFrame.lua l.95/107/114). -->
-                <Texture name="$parentNameFrame" file="Interface\MerchantFrame\UI-Merchant-LabelSlots">
-                    <Size><AbsDimension x="128" y="78"/></Size>
-                    <Anchors>
-                        <Anchor point="LEFT" relativeTo="$parentSlot" relativePoint="RIGHT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="-9" y="-18"/></Offset></Anchor>
-                    </Anchors>
-                </Texture>
-            </Layer>
-            <Layer level="BORDER">
-                <!-- The item icon at the real ItemButtonTemplate position: a 37px square at the ROW's
-                     TOPLEFT (0,0) (ref MerchantItemTemplate l.49-51 anchors the 37×37 $parentItemButton
-                     there, and its IconTexture fills it). The 64px UI-EmptySlot socket above at
-                     TOPLEFT(-13,13) then centers on it — socket center (19,-19) vs icon center
-                     (18.5,-18.5) — which is what seats the icon in the ring. -->
-                <Texture name="$parentIcon">
-                    <Size><AbsDimension x="37" y="37"/></Size>
-                    <Anchors>
-                        <Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativePoint="TOPLEFT"/>
-                    </Anchors>
-                </Texture>
-            </Layer>
-            <Layer level="ARTWORK">
-                <!-- Name (GameFontNormalSmall, LEFT) above the price, wrapping to two lines in the
-                     real 100×30 box (ref l.35-36). One DELIBERATE deviation from the raw ref anchor
-                     (LEFT of the slot, -5/+7, default-MIDDLE): the director's reference look pins
-                     the name block to the plate TOP whatever the line count — a one-line name
-                     centered per the raw quote reads low against their A/B client (which wraps this
-                     very name to two lines and fills the box from the top). So: TOPLEFT at the same
-                     x (46 = slot.right -5), top at -2 (where the ref's two-line block starts), and
-                     justifyV TOP. The box left keeps the name's ink flush with the price ink below
-                     (both measured at the same column in the ref). -->
-                <FontString name="$parentName" inherits="GameFontNormalSmall" justifyH="LEFT" justifyV="TOP">
-                    <!-- 29, not the ref's 30: from top -2 a 30-box's bottom edge would graze the
-                         price coin cell by half a pixel (the name-over-money stack invariant);
-                         TOP-justified, the height is only wrap capacity — two 10px lines fit
-                         either way. -->
-                    <Size><AbsDimension x="100" y="29"/></Size>
-                    <Anchors>
-                        <Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativePoint="TOPLEFT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="46" y="-2"/></Offset></Anchor>
-                    </Anchors>
-                </FontString>
-            </Layer>
-            <Layer level="OVERLAY">
-                <!-- Buy-stack count at the icon's BOTTOMRIGHT (-5,2) — the real ItemButtonTemplate
-                     $parentCount anchor (ref-ItemButtonTemplate.xml l.12-19); the bare number
-                     (consistent with the bag slots), only shown when N > 1. -->
-                <FontString name="$parentCount" inherits="NumberFontNormal" justifyH="RIGHT">
-                    <Size><AbsDimension x="34" y="12"/></Size>
-                    <Anchors>
-                        <Anchor point="BOTTOMRIGHT" relativeTo="$parentIcon" relativePoint="BOTTOMRIGHT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="-5" y="2"/></Offset></Anchor>
-                    </Anchors>
-                </FontString>
-            </Layer>
-        </Layers>
-        <Frames>
-            <!-- Price coins under the name, on the label plate (ref MerchantItemMoneyFrame l.99-106: a
-                 SmallMoneyFrameTemplate anchored BOTTOMLEFT to $parentNameFrame BOTTOMLEFT +(2,31)).
-                 The real SmallMoneyFrame right-aligns coins INSIDE ~32px buttons it then SHRINKS to
-                 their text + 13px coin (MoneyFrame.lua l.202 SetWidth(GetTextWidth()+iconWidth),
-                 l.269 frame:SetWidth) — and hangs from its LEFT anchor, so the visible result is a
-                 tight-packed price STARTING at the plate's left edge (the director's A/B against the
-                 live client showed exactly this; the earlier right-pinned reading missed the shrink).
-                 Same shape here: Coin1 is the LEFTMOST slot at nameFrame.left + 2 (row-relative
-                 x = 44), Coin2/3 chain to its right with the real 4px MONEY_BUTTON_SPACING gap;
-                 BenillaMoney_Set(prefix, copper, true) fills highest-denomination-first (gold→
-                 silver→copper left-to-right) and does the shrink — each slot becomes number + 13px
-                 coin (see the helper's module comment), so the XML widths below are just the
-                 pre-fill state. Each slot: a right-justified NumberFontNormal count ending flush at
-                 its coin (ref ButtonText offset -13), then the 13px coin (UI-MoneyIcons, TexCoord
-                 per denomination in Lua). -->
-            <Frame name="$parentPriceCoin1">
-                <Size><AbsDimension x="13" y="13"/></Size>
-                <Anchors>
-                    <!-- x=46, not the ref quote's 44 (nameFrame.left + 2): at 44 the price ink hugs
-                         the label plate's visible border art — the director asked for breathing
-                         room there, and 46 is also exactly the name box's column above, so the
-                         name-over-price stack stays flush. -->
-                    <Anchor point="LEFT" relativePoint="BOTTOMLEFT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="46" y="6"/></Offset></Anchor>
-                </Anchors>
-                <Layers>
-                    <Layer level="OVERLAY">
-                        <Texture name="$parentIcon" file="Interface\MoneyFrame\UI-MoneyIcons">
-                            <Size><AbsDimension x="13" y="13"/></Size>
-                            <Anchors><Anchor point="RIGHT" relativePoint="RIGHT"/></Anchors>
-                            <TexCoords left="0.5" right="0.75" top="0" bottom="1"/>
-                        </Texture>
-                        <FontString name="$parentNum" inherits="NumberFontNormal" justifyH="RIGHT">
-                            <Size><AbsDimension x="20" y="13"/></Size>
-                            <Anchors><Anchor point="RIGHT" relativePoint="RIGHT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="-13" y="0"/></Offset></Anchor></Anchors>
-                        </FontString>
-                    </Layer>
-                </Layers>
-            </Frame>
-            <Frame name="$parentPriceCoin2">
-                <Size><AbsDimension x="13" y="13"/></Size>
-                <Anchors>
-                    <Anchor point="LEFT" relativeTo="$parentPriceCoin1" relativePoint="RIGHT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="4" y="0"/></Offset></Anchor>
-                </Anchors>
-                <Layers>
-                    <Layer level="OVERLAY">
-                        <Texture name="$parentIcon" file="Interface\MoneyFrame\UI-MoneyIcons">
-                            <Size><AbsDimension x="13" y="13"/></Size>
-                            <Anchors><Anchor point="RIGHT" relativePoint="RIGHT"/></Anchors>
-                            <TexCoords left="0.25" right="0.5" top="0" bottom="1"/>
-                        </Texture>
-                        <FontString name="$parentNum" inherits="NumberFontNormal" justifyH="RIGHT">
-                            <Size><AbsDimension x="20" y="13"/></Size>
-                            <Anchors><Anchor point="RIGHT" relativePoint="RIGHT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="-13" y="0"/></Offset></Anchor></Anchors>
-                        </FontString>
-                    </Layer>
-                </Layers>
-            </Frame>
-            <Frame name="$parentPriceCoin3">
-                <Size><AbsDimension x="13" y="13"/></Size>
-                <Anchors>
-                    <Anchor point="LEFT" relativeTo="$parentPriceCoin2" relativePoint="RIGHT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="4" y="0"/></Offset></Anchor>
-                </Anchors>
-                <Layers>
-                    <Layer level="OVERLAY">
-                        <Texture name="$parentIcon" file="Interface\MoneyFrame\UI-MoneyIcons">
-                            <Size><AbsDimension x="13" y="13"/></Size>
-                            <Anchors><Anchor point="RIGHT" relativePoint="RIGHT"/></Anchors>
-                            <TexCoords left="0" right="0.25" top="0" bottom="1"/>
-                        </Texture>
-                        <FontString name="$parentNum" inherits="NumberFontNormal" justifyH="RIGHT">
-                            <Size><AbsDimension x="20" y="13"/></Size>
-                            <Anchors><Anchor point="RIGHT" relativePoint="RIGHT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="-13" y="0"/></Offset></Anchor></Anchors>
-                        </FontString>
-                    </Layer>
-                </Layers>
-            </Frame>
-        </Frames>
-        <!-- Hover highlight: scoped to the 37px icon at the row's TOPLEFT, exactly where the real
-             ItemButtonTemplate's highlight fills its own 37px button — never the whole 153px row
-             (that smeared the ADD glow across the name plate). -->
-        <HighlightTexture file="Interface\Buttons\ButtonHilight-Square" alphaMode="ADD">
-            <Size><AbsDimension x="37" y="37"/></Size>
-            <Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativePoint="TOPLEFT"/></Anchors>
-        </HighlightTexture>
-        <Scripts>
-            <OnClick>BenillaMerchantItem_OnClick(self, arg1)</OnClick>
-            <OnEnter>BenillaMerchantItem_OnEnter(self)</OnEnter>
-            <OnLeave>BenillaMerchantItem_OnLeave(self)</OnLeave>
-        </Scripts>
-    </Button>
-
-    <Frame name="MerchantFrame" enableMouse="true" toplevel="true" parent="UIParent" hidden="true">
-        <!-- The real 384×512 window (ref l.117-119). No <Anchors> — ShowUIPanel/SetLeftFrame SetPoints
-             this to the left slot on open. -->
-        <Size><AbsDimension x="384" y="512"/></Size>
-        <Layers>
-            <!-- NPC portrait 60×60 TOPLEFT (7,-6) (ref MerchantFramePortrait l.132-141), BACKGROUND so
-                 the window art's ring (in BORDER, baked into UI-Merchant-TopLeft) frames it. Bound in
-                 OnLoad via SetPortraitTexture(region, "npc") — the vendor's live model bake (circle-
-                 masked); the buyback page swaps in the raw buyback icon. -->
-            <Layer level="BACKGROUND">
-                <Texture name="$parentPortrait">
-                    <Size><AbsDimension x="60" y="60"/></Size>
-                    <Anchors>
-                        <Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativePoint="TOPLEFT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="7" y="-6"/></Offset></Anchor>
-                    </Anchors>
-                </Texture>
-            </Layer>
-            <!-- The four quadrant slabs that ARE the window art (ref l.146-176): 256-wide left halves,
-                 128-wide right halves, each 256 tall, pinned to their corner. No <TexCoords> — each
-                 quadrant samples its whole texture (the ref uses TexCoords only on the bottom-border /
-                 repair-icon art we omit). -->
-            <Layer level="BORDER">
-                <Texture file="Interface\MerchantFrame\UI-Merchant-TopLeft">
-                    <Size><AbsDimension x="256" y="256"/></Size>
-                    <Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativePoint="TOPLEFT"/></Anchors>
-                </Texture>
-                <Texture file="Interface\MerchantFrame\UI-Merchant-TopRight">
-                    <Size><AbsDimension x="128" y="256"/></Size>
-                    <Anchors><Anchor point="TOPRIGHT" relativePoint="TOPRIGHT"/></Anchors>
-                </Texture>
-                <Texture file="Interface\MerchantFrame\UI-Merchant-BotLeft">
-                    <Size><AbsDimension x="256" y="256"/></Size>
-                    <Anchors><Anchor point="BOTTOMLEFT" relativePoint="BOTTOMLEFT"/></Anchors>
-                </Texture>
-                <Texture file="Interface\MerchantFrame\UI-Merchant-BotRight">
-                    <Size><AbsDimension x="128" y="256"/></Size>
-                    <Anchors><Anchor point="BOTTOMRIGHT" relativePoint="BOTTOMRIGHT"/></Anchors>
-                </Texture>
-                <!-- Title: merchant (NPC vendor) name, GameFontNormal, CENTER, TOP -17 (ref
-                     MerchantNameText l.178-186). The app resolves the vendor guid through the
-                     NameCache and delivers the name as arg1 of MERCHANT_SHOW/MERCHANT_UPDATE; the
-                     OnEvent handler sets it here, falling back to "Merchant" until it lands. CENTER +
-                     the (unsized, single-point) ~zero-width rect keeps the name centered on the
-                     window regardless of length. -->
-                <FontString name="MerchantNameText" inherits="GameFontNormal" justifyH="CENTER" text="Merchant">
-                    <Anchors>
-                        <Anchor point="TOP" relativePoint="TOP"><Offset><AbsDimension x="0" y="-17"/></Offset></Anchor>
-                    </Anchors>
-                </FontString>
-                <!-- "Repair Items" label beside the repair pair (ref MerchantRepairText l.199-207,
-                     REPAIR_ITEMS); shown/hidden with the pair by Update. -->
-                <FontString name="MerchantRepairText" inherits="GameFontHighlightSmall" text="Repair Items" hidden="true">
-                    <Anchors>
-                        <Anchor point="BOTTOMLEFT" relativePoint="BOTTOMLEFT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="26" y="103"/></Offset></Anchor>
-                    </Anchors>
-                </FontString>
-                <!-- "Page N" between the page buttons (ref MerchantPageText l.187-198). -->
-                <FontString name="MerchantPageText" inherits="GameFontNormal" justifyH="CENTER" hidden="true">
-                    <Size><AbsDimension x="104" y="0"/></Size>
-                    <Anchors>
-                        <Anchor point="BOTTOM" relativePoint="BOTTOM"><Offset><AbsDimension x="-14" y="150"/></Offset></Anchor>
-                    </Anchors>
-                </FontString>
-            </Layer>
-            <!-- The buyback page's parchment (ref BuybackFrame* l.210-245): four slabs over the
-                 merchant page's item-grid art, shown only on the buyback tab. -->
-            <Layer level="ARTWORK">
-                <Texture name="BuybackFrameTopLeft" file="Interface\MerchantFrame\UI-BuyBack-TopLeft" hidden="true">
-                    <Size><AbsDimension x="256" y="256"/></Size>
-                    <Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativePoint="TOPLEFT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="19" y="-71"/></Offset></Anchor></Anchors>
-                </Texture>
-                <Texture name="BuybackFrameTopRight" file="Interface\MerchantFrame\UI-BuyBack-TopRight" hidden="true">
-                    <Size><AbsDimension x="64" y="256"/></Size>
-                    <Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativeTo="BuybackFrameTopLeft" relativePoint="TOPRIGHT"/></Anchors>
-                </Texture>
-                <Texture name="BuybackFrameBotLeft" file="Interface\MerchantFrame\UI-BuyBack-BotLeft" hidden="true">
-                    <Size><AbsDimension x="256" y="128"/></Size>
-                    <Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativeTo="BuybackFrameTopLeft" relativePoint="BOTTOMLEFT"/></Anchors>
-                </Texture>
-                <Texture name="BuybackFrameBotRight" file="Interface\MerchantFrame\UI-BuyBack-BotRight" hidden="true">
-                    <Size><AbsDimension x="64" y="128"/></Size>
-                    <Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativeTo="BuybackFrameTopLeft" relativePoint="BOTTOMRIGHT"/></Anchors>
-                </Texture>
-            </Layer>
-            <!-- The bottom band's engraved border over the repair/buyback strip (ref
-                 MerchantFrameBottomLeftBorder/RightBorder l.248-269) — merchant tab only. -->
-            <Layer level="OVERLAY">
-                <Texture name="MerchantFrameBottomLeftBorder" file="Interface\MerchantFrame\UI-Merchant-BottomBorder">
-                    <Size><AbsDimension x="256" y="61"/></Size>
-                    <Anchors><Anchor point="BOTTOMLEFT" relativePoint="BOTTOMLEFT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="14" y="85"/></Offset></Anchor></Anchors>
-                    <TexCoords left="0" right="1" top="0" bottom="0.4765625"/>
-                </Texture>
-                <Texture name="MerchantFrameBottomRightBorder" file="Interface\MerchantFrame\UI-Merchant-BottomBorder">
-                    <Size><AbsDimension x="76" y="61"/></Size>
-                    <Anchors><Anchor point="LEFT" relativeTo="MerchantFrameBottomLeftBorder" relativePoint="RIGHT"/></Anchors>
-                    <TexCoords left="0" right="0.296875" top="0.4765625" bottom="0.953125"/>
-                </Texture>
-            </Layer>
-        </Layers>
-        <Frames>
-            <!-- The purse as coins at the real money-frame position (ref MerchantMoneyFrame
-                 l.560-568: SmallMoneyFrame BOTTOMRIGHT at -40,67). The template pads 13px right of
-                 the copper coin (its content chains from x=-13 inside the frame; the shrunk width
-                 starts at iconWidth — MoneyFrame.lua l.219), so the COIN edge the ref frame anchor
-                 implies is -40-13 = -53, bottom 67. Three position-slots chained right-to-left with
-                 the real 4px spacing, shrunk to content by the same BenillaMoney_Set fill as the row
-                 prices (prefix "MerchantMoney") — copper-first, right-flush off Coin1. -->
-            <Frame name="MerchantMoneyCoin1">
-                <Size><AbsDimension x="13" y="13"/></Size>
-                <Anchors>
-                    <Anchor point="BOTTOMRIGHT" relativePoint="BOTTOMRIGHT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="-53" y="67"/></Offset></Anchor>
-                </Anchors>
-                <Layers>
-                    <Layer level="OVERLAY">
-                        <Texture name="$parentIcon" file="Interface\MoneyFrame\UI-MoneyIcons">
-                            <Size><AbsDimension x="13" y="13"/></Size>
-                            <Anchors><Anchor point="RIGHT" relativePoint="RIGHT"/></Anchors>
-                            <TexCoords left="0.5" right="0.75" top="0" bottom="1"/>
-                        </Texture>
-                        <FontString name="$parentNum" inherits="NumberFontNormal" justifyH="RIGHT">
-                            <Size><AbsDimension x="20" y="13"/></Size>
-                            <Anchors><Anchor point="RIGHT" relativePoint="RIGHT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="-13" y="0"/></Offset></Anchor></Anchors>
-                        </FontString>
-                    </Layer>
-                </Layers>
-            </Frame>
-            <Frame name="MerchantMoneyCoin2">
-                <Size><AbsDimension x="13" y="13"/></Size>
-                <Anchors>
-                    <Anchor point="RIGHT" relativeTo="MerchantMoneyCoin1" relativePoint="LEFT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="-4" y="0"/></Offset></Anchor>
-                </Anchors>
-                <Layers>
-                    <Layer level="OVERLAY">
-                        <Texture name="$parentIcon" file="Interface\MoneyFrame\UI-MoneyIcons">
-                            <Size><AbsDimension x="13" y="13"/></Size>
-                            <Anchors><Anchor point="RIGHT" relativePoint="RIGHT"/></Anchors>
-                            <TexCoords left="0.25" right="0.5" top="0" bottom="1"/>
-                        </Texture>
-                        <FontString name="$parentNum" inherits="NumberFontNormal" justifyH="RIGHT">
-                            <Size><AbsDimension x="20" y="13"/></Size>
-                            <Anchors><Anchor point="RIGHT" relativePoint="RIGHT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="-13" y="0"/></Offset></Anchor></Anchors>
-                        </FontString>
-                    </Layer>
-                </Layers>
-            </Frame>
-            <Frame name="MerchantMoneyCoin3">
-                <Size><AbsDimension x="13" y="13"/></Size>
-                <Anchors>
-                    <Anchor point="RIGHT" relativeTo="MerchantMoneyCoin2" relativePoint="LEFT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="-4" y="0"/></Offset></Anchor>
-                </Anchors>
-                <Layers>
-                    <Layer level="OVERLAY">
-                        <Texture name="$parentIcon" file="Interface\MoneyFrame\UI-MoneyIcons">
-                            <Size><AbsDimension x="13" y="13"/></Size>
-                            <Anchors><Anchor point="RIGHT" relativePoint="RIGHT"/></Anchors>
-                            <TexCoords left="0" right="0.25" top="0" bottom="1"/>
-                        </Texture>
-                        <FontString name="$parentNum" inherits="NumberFontNormal" justifyH="RIGHT">
-                            <Size><AbsDimension x="20" y="13"/></Size>
-                            <Anchors><Anchor point="RIGHT" relativePoint="RIGHT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="-13" y="0"/></Offset></Anchor></Anchors>
-                        </FontString>
-                    </Layer>
-                </Layers>
-            </Frame>
-            <!-- The real 2-column × 5-row grid (ref l.273-362): item 1 at (24, -80); the right column
-                 anchors to its left neighbour's TOPRIGHT +12; each new row to the left item's
-                 BOTTOMLEFT -8. Odd rows = left column, even rows = right column. -->
-            <Button name="MerchantItem1" inherits="BenillaMerchantItemTemplate">
-                <Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativePoint="TOPLEFT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="24" y="-80"/></Offset></Anchor></Anchors>
-                <Scripts><OnLoad>BenillaMerchantItem_OnLoad(self, 1)</OnLoad></Scripts>
-            </Button>
-            <Button name="MerchantItem2" inherits="BenillaMerchantItemTemplate">
-                <Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativeTo="MerchantItem1" relativePoint="TOPRIGHT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="12" y="0"/></Offset></Anchor></Anchors>
-                <Scripts><OnLoad>BenillaMerchantItem_OnLoad(self, 2)</OnLoad></Scripts>
-            </Button>
-            <Button name="MerchantItem3" inherits="BenillaMerchantItemTemplate">
-                <Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativeTo="MerchantItem1" relativePoint="BOTTOMLEFT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="0" y="-8"/></Offset></Anchor></Anchors>
-                <Scripts><OnLoad>BenillaMerchantItem_OnLoad(self, 3)</OnLoad></Scripts>
-            </Button>
-            <Button name="MerchantItem4" inherits="BenillaMerchantItemTemplate">
-                <Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativeTo="MerchantItem3" relativePoint="TOPRIGHT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="12" y="0"/></Offset></Anchor></Anchors>
-                <Scripts><OnLoad>BenillaMerchantItem_OnLoad(self, 4)</OnLoad></Scripts>
-            </Button>
-            <Button name="MerchantItem5" inherits="BenillaMerchantItemTemplate">
-                <Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativeTo="MerchantItem3" relativePoint="BOTTOMLEFT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="0" y="-8"/></Offset></Anchor></Anchors>
-                <Scripts><OnLoad>BenillaMerchantItem_OnLoad(self, 5)</OnLoad></Scripts>
-            </Button>
-            <Button name="MerchantItem6" inherits="BenillaMerchantItemTemplate">
-                <Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativeTo="MerchantItem5" relativePoint="TOPRIGHT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="12" y="0"/></Offset></Anchor></Anchors>
-                <Scripts><OnLoad>BenillaMerchantItem_OnLoad(self, 6)</OnLoad></Scripts>
-            </Button>
-            <Button name="MerchantItem7" inherits="BenillaMerchantItemTemplate">
-                <Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativeTo="MerchantItem5" relativePoint="BOTTOMLEFT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="0" y="-8"/></Offset></Anchor></Anchors>
-                <Scripts><OnLoad>BenillaMerchantItem_OnLoad(self, 7)</OnLoad></Scripts>
-            </Button>
-            <Button name="MerchantItem8" inherits="BenillaMerchantItemTemplate">
-                <Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativeTo="MerchantItem7" relativePoint="TOPRIGHT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="12" y="0"/></Offset></Anchor></Anchors>
-                <Scripts><OnLoad>BenillaMerchantItem_OnLoad(self, 8)</OnLoad></Scripts>
-            </Button>
-            <Button name="MerchantItem9" inherits="BenillaMerchantItemTemplate">
-                <Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativeTo="MerchantItem7" relativePoint="BOTTOMLEFT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="0" y="-8"/></Offset></Anchor></Anchors>
-                <Scripts><OnLoad>BenillaMerchantItem_OnLoad(self, 9)</OnLoad></Scripts>
-            </Button>
-            <Button name="MerchantItem10" inherits="BenillaMerchantItemTemplate">
-                <Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativeTo="MerchantItem9" relativePoint="TOPRIGHT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="12" y="0"/></Offset></Anchor></Anchors>
-                <Scripts><OnLoad>BenillaMerchantItem_OnLoad(self, 10)</OnLoad></Scripts>
-            </Button>
-            <!-- Rows 11/12 exist for the BUYBACK page only (ref MerchantItem11/12 l.363-380; the
-                 merchant page hides them, the buyback page's 12 slots need them). -->
-            <Button name="MerchantItem11" inherits="BenillaMerchantItemTemplate" hidden="true">
-                <Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativeTo="MerchantItem9" relativePoint="BOTTOMLEFT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="0" y="-15"/></Offset></Anchor></Anchors>
-                <Scripts><OnLoad>BenillaMerchantItem_OnLoad(self, 11)</OnLoad></Scripts>
-            </Button>
-            <Button name="MerchantItem12" inherits="BenillaMerchantItemTemplate" hidden="true">
-                <Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativeTo="MerchantItem11" relativePoint="TOPRIGHT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="12" y="0"/></Offset></Anchor></Anchors>
-                <Scripts><OnLoad>BenillaMerchantItem_OnLoad(self, 12)</OnLoad></Scripts>
-            </Button>
-            <!-- The repair pair (ref MerchantRepairAllButton l.381-421 / MerchantRepairItemButton
-                 l.422-459): 36px quickslot-style buttons on the bottom band, both cut from the one
-                 UI-Merchant-RepairIcons sheet. Shown only when the vendor repairs. The ref's
-                 anchor: the ALL button's BOTTOMRIGHT at frame BOTTOMLEFT +(172,91); the ITEM
-                 button chains LEFT of it (-2). -->
-            <Button name="MerchantRepairAllButton" hidden="true">
-                <Size><AbsDimension x="36" y="36"/></Size>
-                <Anchors>
-                    <Anchor point="BOTTOMRIGHT" relativePoint="BOTTOMLEFT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="172" y="91"/></Offset></Anchor>
-                </Anchors>
-                <Layers>
-                    <Layer level="BORDER">
-                        <Texture name="MerchantRepairAllIcon" file="Interface\MerchantFrame\UI-Merchant-RepairIcons">
-                            <TexCoords left="0.28125" right="0.5625" top="0" bottom="0.5625"/>
-                        </Texture>
-                    </Layer>
-                </Layers>
-                <PushedTexture file="Interface\Buttons\UI-Quickslot-Depress"/>
-                <HighlightTexture file="Interface\Buttons\ButtonHilight-Square" alphaMode="ADD"/>
-                <Scripts>
-                    <OnClick>BenillaMerchantRepairAllButton_OnClick()</OnClick>
-                    <OnEnter>
-                        GameTooltip:SetOwner(self, "ANCHOR_RIGHT")
-                        GameTooltip:SetText("Repair All Items")
-                        local repairAllCost, canRepair = GetRepairAllCost()
-                        if canRepair and repairAllCost > 0 then
-                            SetTooltipMoney(GameTooltip, repairAllCost)
-                        end
-                        GameTooltip:Show()
-                    </OnEnter>
-                    <OnLeave>GameTooltip:Hide()</OnLeave>
-                </Scripts>
-            </Button>
-            <Button name="MerchantRepairItemButton" hidden="true">
-                <Size><AbsDimension x="36" y="36"/></Size>
-                <Anchors>
-                    <Anchor point="RIGHT" relativeTo="MerchantRepairAllButton" relativePoint="LEFT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="-2" y="0"/></Offset></Anchor>
-                </Anchors>
-                <Layers>
-                    <Layer level="BORDER">
-                        <Texture file="Interface\MerchantFrame\UI-Merchant-RepairIcons">
-                            <TexCoords left="0" right="0.28125" top="0" bottom="0.5625"/>
-                        </Texture>
-                    </Layer>
-                </Layers>
-                <PushedTexture file="Interface\Buttons\UI-Quickslot-Depress"/>
-                <HighlightTexture file="Interface\Buttons\ButtonHilight-Square" alphaMode="ADD"/>
-                <Scripts>
-                    <OnClick>BenillaMerchantRepairItemButton_OnClick()</OnClick>
-                    <OnEnter>
-                        GameTooltip:SetOwner(self, "ANCHOR_RIGHT")
-                        GameTooltip:SetText("Repair an Item")
-                        GameTooltip:Show()
-                    </OnEnter>
-                    <OnLeave>GameTooltip:Hide()</OnLeave>
-                </Scripts>
-            </Button>
-            <!-- The single buyback slot on the merchant page — the MOST RECENT sale (ref
-                 MerchantBuyBackItem l.460-559): the same socket+plate row shape at 153×37, the
-                 shorter 64-tall label plate, anchored under row 10 (0,-53). One wide click
-                 button, our whole-row model. -->
-            <Button name="MerchantBuyBackItem" hidden="true">
-                <Size><AbsDimension x="153" y="37"/></Size>
-                <Anchors>
-                    <Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativeTo="MerchantItem10" relativePoint="BOTTOMLEFT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="0" y="-53"/></Offset></Anchor>
-                </Anchors>
-                <Layers>
-                    <Layer level="BACKGROUND">
-                        <Texture name="$parentSlot" file="Interface\Buttons\UI-EmptySlot">
-                            <Size><AbsDimension x="64" y="64"/></Size>
-                            <Anchors>
-                                <Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativePoint="TOPLEFT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="-13" y="13"/></Offset></Anchor>
-                            </Anchors>
-                        </Texture>
-                        <Texture name="$parentNameFrame" file="Interface\MerchantFrame\UI-Merchant-LabelSlots">
-                            <Size><AbsDimension x="128" y="64"/></Size>
-                            <Anchors>
-                                <Anchor point="LEFT" relativeTo="$parentSlot" relativePoint="RIGHT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="-9" y="-10"/></Offset></Anchor>
-                            </Anchors>
-                        </Texture>
-                    </Layer>
-                    <Layer level="BORDER">
-                        <Texture name="$parentIcon">
-                            <Size><AbsDimension x="37" y="37"/></Size>
-                            <Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativePoint="TOPLEFT"/></Anchors>
-                        </Texture>
-                    </Layer>
-                    <Layer level="ARTWORK">
-                        <!-- Name column x=46 + name-over-price stack: our row template's column
-                             (see its deviation note), on the ref's 90×30 top-anchored box
-                             (l.497-508). -->
-                        <FontString name="$parentName" inherits="GameFontNormalSmall" justifyH="LEFT" justifyV="TOP">
-                            <Size><AbsDimension x="90" y="29"/></Size>
-                            <Anchors>
-                                <Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativePoint="TOPLEFT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="46" y="-2"/></Offset></Anchor>
-                            </Anchors>
-                        </FontString>
-                    </Layer>
-                    <Layer level="OVERLAY">
-                        <FontString name="$parentCount" inherits="NumberFontNormal" justifyH="RIGHT">
-                            <Size><AbsDimension x="34" y="12"/></Size>
-                            <Anchors>
-                                <Anchor point="BOTTOMRIGHT" relativeTo="$parentIcon" relativePoint="BOTTOMRIGHT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="-5" y="2"/></Offset></Anchor>
-                            </Anchors>
-                        </FontString>
-                    </Layer>
-                </Layers>
-                <Frames>
-                    <Frame name="$parentPriceCoin1">
-                        <Size><AbsDimension x="13" y="13"/></Size>
-                        <Anchors>
-                            <Anchor point="LEFT" relativePoint="BOTTOMLEFT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="46" y="8"/></Offset></Anchor>
-                        </Anchors>
-                        <Layers>
-                            <Layer level="OVERLAY">
-                                <Texture name="$parentIcon" file="Interface\MoneyFrame\UI-MoneyIcons">
-                                    <Size><AbsDimension x="13" y="13"/></Size>
-                                    <Anchors><Anchor point="RIGHT" relativePoint="RIGHT"/></Anchors>
-                                    <TexCoords left="0.5" right="0.75" top="0" bottom="1"/>
-                                </Texture>
-                                <FontString name="$parentNum" inherits="NumberFontNormal" justifyH="RIGHT">
-                                    <Size><AbsDimension x="20" y="13"/></Size>
-                                    <Anchors><Anchor point="RIGHT" relativePoint="RIGHT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="-13" y="0"/></Offset></Anchor></Anchors>
-                                </FontString>
-                            </Layer>
-                        </Layers>
-                    </Frame>
-                    <Frame name="$parentPriceCoin2">
-                        <Size><AbsDimension x="13" y="13"/></Size>
-                        <Anchors>
-                            <Anchor point="LEFT" relativeTo="$parentPriceCoin1" relativePoint="RIGHT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="4" y="0"/></Offset></Anchor>
-                        </Anchors>
-                        <Layers>
-                            <Layer level="OVERLAY">
-                                <Texture name="$parentIcon" file="Interface\MoneyFrame\UI-MoneyIcons">
-                                    <Size><AbsDimension x="13" y="13"/></Size>
-                                    <Anchors><Anchor point="RIGHT" relativePoint="RIGHT"/></Anchors>
-                                    <TexCoords left="0.25" right="0.5" top="0" bottom="1"/>
-                                </Texture>
-                                <FontString name="$parentNum" inherits="NumberFontNormal" justifyH="RIGHT">
-                                    <Size><AbsDimension x="20" y="13"/></Size>
-                                    <Anchors><Anchor point="RIGHT" relativePoint="RIGHT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="-13" y="0"/></Offset></Anchor></Anchors>
-                                </FontString>
-                            </Layer>
-                        </Layers>
-                    </Frame>
-                    <Frame name="$parentPriceCoin3">
-                        <Size><AbsDimension x="13" y="13"/></Size>
-                        <Anchors>
-                            <Anchor point="LEFT" relativeTo="$parentPriceCoin2" relativePoint="RIGHT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="4" y="0"/></Offset></Anchor>
-                        </Anchors>
-                        <Layers>
-                            <Layer level="OVERLAY">
-                                <Texture name="$parentIcon" file="Interface\MoneyFrame\UI-MoneyIcons">
-                                    <Size><AbsDimension x="13" y="13"/></Size>
-                                    <Anchors><Anchor point="RIGHT" relativePoint="RIGHT"/></Anchors>
-                                    <TexCoords left="0" right="0.25" top="0" bottom="1"/>
-                                </Texture>
-                                <FontString name="$parentNum" inherits="NumberFontNormal" justifyH="RIGHT">
-                                    <Size><AbsDimension x="20" y="13"/></Size>
-                                    <Anchors><Anchor point="RIGHT" relativePoint="RIGHT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="-13" y="0"/></Offset></Anchor></Anchors>
-                                </FontString>
-                            </Layer>
-                        </Layers>
-                    </Frame>
-                </Frames>
-                <HighlightTexture file="Interface\Buttons\ButtonHilight-Square" alphaMode="ADD">
-                    <Size><AbsDimension x="37" y="37"/></Size>
-                    <Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativePoint="TOPLEFT"/></Anchors>
-                </HighlightTexture>
-                <Scripts>
-                    <OnLoad>
-                        local n = self:GetName()
-                        self.icon = getglobal(n .. "Icon")
-                        self.name = getglobal(n .. "Name")
-                        self.count = getglobal(n .. "Count")
-                        self.slot = getglobal(n .. "Slot")
-                        getglobal(n .. "NameFrame"):SetVertexColor(0.5, 0.5, 0.5)
-                    </OnLoad>
-                    <OnClick>BenillaMerchantBuyBackItem_OnClick()</OnClick>
-                    <OnEnter>BenillaMerchantBuyBackItem_OnEnter(self)</OnEnter>
-                    <OnLeave>GameTooltip:Hide(); ResetCursor()</OnLeave>
-                </Scripts>
-            </Button>
-            <!-- Page turners (ref MerchantPrevPageButton l.569-610 / MerchantNextPageButton
-                 l.611-656): the spellbook page-corner buttons over the page background disc, with
-                 the Prev/Next labels beside them. Shown only when the stock overflows a page. -->
-            <Button name="MerchantPrevPageButton" hidden="true">
-                <Size><AbsDimension x="32" y="32"/></Size>
-                <Anchors>
-                    <Anchor point="CENTER" relativePoint="BOTTOMLEFT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="37" y="156"/></Offset></Anchor>
-                </Anchors>
-                <Layers>
-                    <Layer level="BACKGROUND">
-                        <FontString inherits="GameFontNormal" justifyH="LEFT" text="Prev">
-                            <Anchors><Anchor point="LEFT" relativePoint="RIGHT"/></Anchors>
-                        </FontString>
-                        <Texture file="Interface\Buttons\UI-PageButton-Background">
-                            <Size><AbsDimension x="32" y="32"/></Size>
-                            <Anchors><Anchor point="CENTER"><Offset><AbsDimension x="0" y="1"/></Offset></Anchor></Anchors>
-                        </Texture>
-                    </Layer>
-                </Layers>
-                <NormalTexture file="Interface\Buttons\UI-SpellbookIcon-PrevPage-Up"/>
-                <PushedTexture file="Interface\Buttons\UI-SpellbookIcon-PrevPage-Down"/>
-                <DisabledTexture file="Interface\Buttons\UI-SpellbookIcon-PrevPage-Disabled"/>
-                <HighlightTexture file="Interface\Buttons\UI-Common-MouseHilight" alphaMode="ADD"/>
-                <Scripts>
-                    <OnClick>MerchantPrevPageButton_OnClick()</OnClick>
-                </Scripts>
-            </Button>
-            <Button name="MerchantNextPageButton" hidden="true">
-                <Size><AbsDimension x="32" y="32"/></Size>
-                <Anchors>
-                    <Anchor point="CENTER" relativePoint="BOTTOMLEFT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="324" y="156"/></Offset></Anchor>
-                </Anchors>
-                <Layers>
-                    <Layer level="BACKGROUND">
-                        <FontString inherits="GameFontNormal" justifyH="RIGHT" text="Next">
-                            <Anchors><Anchor point="RIGHT" relativePoint="LEFT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="-3" y="0"/></Offset></Anchor></Anchors>
-                        </FontString>
-                        <Texture file="Interface\Buttons\UI-PageButton-Background">
-                            <Size><AbsDimension x="32" y="32"/></Size>
-                            <Anchors><Anchor point="CENTER"><Offset><AbsDimension x="0" y="1"/></Offset></Anchor></Anchors>
-                        </Texture>
-                    </Layer>
-                </Layers>
-                <NormalTexture file="Interface\Buttons\UI-SpellbookIcon-NextPage-Up"/>
-                <PushedTexture file="Interface\Buttons\UI-SpellbookIcon-NextPage-Down"/>
-                <DisabledTexture file="Interface\Buttons\UI-SpellbookIcon-NextPage-Disabled"/>
-                <HighlightTexture file="Interface\Buttons\UI-Common-MouseHilight" alphaMode="ADD"/>
-                <Scripts>
-                    <OnClick>MerchantNextPageButton_OnClick()</OnClick>
-                </Scripts>
-            </Button>
-            <!-- The Merchant / Buyback tab pair at the window's bottom edge (ref MerchantFrameTab1/2
-                 l.666-709: tab 1's CENTER at frame BOTTOMLEFT +(60,46), tab 2 chained LEFT→RIGHT
-                 -16). Named <frame>Tab<N> — the shape PanelTemplates_UpdateTabs walks. -->
-            <Button name="$parentTab1" inherits="CharacterFrameTabButtonTemplate" text="Merchant">
-                <Anchors>
-                    <Anchor point="CENTER" relativePoint="BOTTOMLEFT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="60" y="46"/></Offset></Anchor>
-                </Anchors>
-                <Scripts>
-                    <OnClick>BenillaMerchantFrameTab_OnClick(1)</OnClick>
-                </Scripts>
-            </Button>
-            <Button name="$parentTab2" inherits="CharacterFrameTabButtonTemplate" text="Buyback">
-                <Anchors>
-                    <Anchor point="LEFT" relativeTo="$parentTab1" relativePoint="RIGHT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="-16" y="0"/></Offset></Anchor>
-                </Anchors>
-                <Scripts>
-                    <OnClick>BenillaMerchantFrameTab_OnClick(2)</OnClick>
-                </Scripts>
-            </Button>
-            <!-- Close: the real UIPanelCloseButton position (TOPRIGHT -30, -8; ref l.657-664), on the
-                 minimize-button art UIPanelCloseButton itself uses (pin § "The re-skin pass"). -->
-            <Button name="MerchantCloseButton">
-                <Size><AbsDimension x="32" y="32"/></Size>
-                <Anchors>
-                    <Anchor point="TOPRIGHT" relativePoint="TOPRIGHT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="-30" y="-8"/></Offset></Anchor>
-                </Anchors>
-                <NormalTexture file="Interface\Buttons\UI-Panel-MinimizeButton-Up"/>
-                <PushedTexture file="Interface\Buttons\UI-Panel-MinimizeButton-Down"/>
-                <HighlightTexture file="Interface\Buttons\UI-Panel-MinimizeButton-Highlight" alphaMode="ADD"/>
-                <Scripts>
-                    <OnClick>BenillaMerchantCloseButton_OnClick()</OnClick>
-                </Scripts>
-            </Button>
-        </Frames>
-        <Scripts>
-            <OnLoad>MerchantFrame_OnLoad()</OnLoad>
-            <OnEvent>MerchantFrame_OnEvent()</OnEvent>
-            <!-- While a buy-tab row is hovered, re-arm its cursor every frame (ref MerchantFrame
-                 OnUpdate l.725-731): the Inspect magnifier while Ctrl is held, else the coin —
-                 Buy if affordable, the grayed UnableBuy if not (ShowMerchantSellCursor's own gate).
-                 Polling (not a one-shot on enter) is what makes the Ctrl swap and a live money
-                 change track under a stationary cursor. The buyback slot arms in its OnEnter. -->
-            <OnUpdate>
-                if MerchantFrame.itemHover then
-                    if IsControlKeyDown() then
-                        ShowInspectCursor()
-                    else
-                        ShowMerchantSellCursor(MerchantFrame.itemHover)
-                    end
-                end
-            </OnUpdate>
-            <!-- OnShow/OnHide, quoted from the real MerchantFrame.xml frame Scripts (l.711-722) which
-                 run MerchantFrame_OnShow()/OnHide() then PlaySound. Three faithful pieces:
-                 · OpenBackpack()/CloseBackpack() — the vendor opens your bags (MerchantFrame_OnShow
-                   l.35 / OnHide l.53), so igBackPackOpen/Close plays alongside the panel sound (the
-                   two "go together"), and you can sell from the bag. (benilla's OpenBackpack opens
-                   ALL equipped bags, not just the backpack — decision 0561, director's call.)
-                 · CloseMerchant() on hide (MerchantFrame_OnHide l.52) — this is load-bearing: it ends
-                   the vendor session whenever the frame hides, INCLUDING when another NPC window
-                   displaces it at the UIPanel slot (SetLeftFrame → oldFrame:Hide() → OnHide). Without
-                   it the MerchantOpen resource stayed set after a gossip/quest window replaced the
-                   vendor, and the vendor would not reopen until the range-guard reset it (decision
-                   0095). The close intent is a no-packet client-side clear; idempotent with the close
-                   button, which also calls it.
-                 · PlaySound(igCharacterInfoOpen/Close) — the panel kits (l.721/714).
-                 Fires on every Show/Hide transition; never at load (hidden="true"). -->
-            <OnShow>OpenBackpack(); PlaySound("igCharacterInfoOpen")</OnShow>
-            <!-- HideRepairCursor: closing the window must drop the repair-mode latch (the ref's
-                 OnHide ResetCursor, l.54 — its cursor semantics land with the sell-cursor slice). -->
-            <OnHide>CloseMerchant(); CloseBackpack(); HideRepairCursor(); ResetCursor(); MerchantFrame.itemHover = nil; PlaySound("igCharacterInfoClose")</OnHide>
-        </Scripts>
-    </Frame>
-</Ui>
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/assets/ui/PartyFrame.xml b/crates/benilla-app/assets/ui/PartyFrame.xml
index 2857e589..56966fe2 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/assets/ui/PartyFrame.xml
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/assets/ui/PartyFrame.xml
@@ -31,87 +31,20 @@
         real job is the timeout/override/escape paths.
     -->
     <Script><![CDATA[
-        -- ── MAX_RAID_MEMBERS (ref RaidFrame.lua l.2) ─────────────────────────────────────────
-        -- A fact about the protocol, not about our implementation: a 1.12 raid is 40, and the
-        -- `raid1`..`raid40` token space is 40 wide whether or not we build a raid UI. Declared
-        -- here rather than in a RaidFrame.xml because we ship none; party and raid are the same
-        -- subsystem family, and this is the file that already owns the group surface.
-        --
-        -- **The loop it feeds already works.** `for i = 1, MAX_RAID_MEMBERS do UnitName("raid"..i)`
-        -- answers nil for every absent token, which is exactly right for a player not in a raid —
-        -- so the constant is not a promise of a raid UI, it is the bound the token space has.
-        --
-        -- Reached by following a `'for' limit must be a number` five addons shared:
-        -- `CT_RaidAssist.lua:3283` is `for i = 1, MAX_RAID_MEMBERS, 1 do`. Read with `grep -a`,
-        -- because this corpus's Ace files are ISO-8859 and plain grep silently skips them.
-        MAX_RAID_MEMBERS = 40
-        -- Its two siblings, each reached one line further along the same chain
-        -- (`CT_RAOptions.lua:75`, then `:231`). The reference declares all three together at
-        -- RaidFrame.lua l.2-4, and they agree: 40 = 8 x 5. Adding them one at a time as an addon
-        -- asked was the wrong shape — they are one fact about the raid token space, so they land
-        -- as one.
-        NUM_RAID_GROUPS = 8
-        MEMBERS_PER_RAID_GROUP = 5
+        -- MAX_RAID_MEMBERS / NUM_RAID_GROUPS / MEMBERS_PER_RAID_GROUP moved out. They were
+        -- declared here on the stated grounds that "we ship no RaidFrame.xml", which stopped being
+        -- true — RaidFrame.xml declares all three, which is the reference's own home for them
+        -- (RaidFrame.lua l.2-4). Nothing between the two manifest positions reads them at load.
         -- The party's own bound (ref PartyMemberFrame.lua l.1) — four *other* members, so a full
         -- party sweep that includes the player runs `1, MAX_PARTY_MEMBERS+1`, which is exactly how
         -- GroupLootDropDown_Initialize walks the master-loot candidates (LootFrame.lua l.219).
         -- Published for the same reason as its raid siblings: the addon corpus reads it.
         MAX_PARTY_MEMBERS = 4
 
-        -- ── The group-invite popup ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-        -- The strings and the three flags are the reference's own (INVITATION = "%s invites you to
-        -- a group.", GlobalStrings:2586-area; a 60 s silent timeout, answerable while dead,
-        -- closable with ESC).
-        --
-        -- The whole of its behaviour turns on ONE latch, `inviteAccepted`, and the four hooks below
-        -- are just the four moments that read or write it. It lives on the registry entry rather
-        -- than in an upvalue here because that is where the reference keeps it and an addon
-        -- inspecting the dialog expects to find it there — which is why each hook goes back through
-        -- `StaticPopupDialogs["PARTY_INVITE"]` instead of closing over a local.
-        --
-        -- They are named rather than inlined so the entry below reads as the manifest it is: four
-        -- strings, three flags, four hooks.
-
-        -- Every showing starts unanswered — including a re-show of the same entry, which is what a
-        -- second invite arriving while the first is up does.
-        local function PartyInvite_OnShow()
-            StaticPopupDialogs["PARTY_INVITE"].inviteAccepted = nil
-        end
-
-        -- The only path that answers the server affirmatively, and the only one that latches.
-        local function PartyInvite_OnAccept()
-            AcceptGroup()
-            StaticPopupDialogs["PARTY_INVITE"].inviteAccepted = 1
-        end
-
-        local function PartyInvite_OnCancel()
-            DeclineGroup()
-        end
-
-        -- The catch-all. EVERY way this dialog leaves the screen lands here — Decline, the 60 s
-        -- timeout, ESC, and another dialog overriding it — and the latch is what tells the one
-        -- that already said yes from the four that never answered at all. A clicked Decline
-        -- therefore declines twice (OnCancel, then here); see DOUBLE-DECLINE in the header, which
-        -- is the reference's behaviour and the wire tolerates it.
-        local function PartyInvite_OnHide()
-            if not StaticPopupDialogs["PARTY_INVITE"].inviteAccepted then
-                DeclineGroup()
-            end
-        end
-
-        StaticPopupDialogs["PARTY_INVITE"] = {
-            text = INVITATION,
-            button1 = ACCEPT,
-            button2 = DECLINE,
-            sound = "igPlayerInvite",
-            timeout = 60,
-            whileDead = 1,
-            hideOnEscape = 1,
-            OnShow = PartyInvite_OnShow,
-            OnAccept = PartyInvite_OnAccept,
-            OnCancel = PartyInvite_OnCancel,
-            OnHide = PartyInvite_OnHide,
-        }
+        -- The PARTY_INVITE dialog and its PARTY_INVITE_REQUEST/_CANCEL driver MOVED OUT, to
+        -- UiPanels.xml — the reference's own homes for both (StaticPopup.lua l.526, UIParent.lua).
+        -- They were here only because this is where they were first needed; 1751 walked them back,
+        -- so this file is that much smaller when it follows them onto the chain.
 
         -- ref PartyMemberFrame.lua's OnLoad: cache children, register, first paint.
         function BenillaPartyFrame_OnLoad(frame)
@@ -280,15 +213,6 @@
             end
         end
 
-        -- The invite driver (ref UIParent.lua): PARTY_INVITE_REQUEST shows the popup with the
-        -- inviter's name; PARTY_INVITE_CANCEL hides it.
-        function BenillaPartyInviteDriver_OnEvent()
-            if event == "PARTY_INVITE_REQUEST" then
-                StaticPopup_Show("PARTY_INVITE", arg1)
-            elseif event == "PARTY_INVITE_CANCEL" then
-                StaticPopup_Hide("PARTY_INVITE")
-            end
-        end
 
         -- The right-click dropdown (decision 0434 phase 5; ref PartyMemberFrame.lua l.369-381)
         -- + the ref's click law (l.226-237): left targets the member, right opens the PARTY
@@ -433,16 +357,4 @@
         <Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativeTo="PartyMemberFrame3" relativePoint="BOTTOMLEFT"><Offset><AbsDimension x="0" y="-10"/></Offset></Anchor></Anchors>
     </Frame>
 
-    <!-- The invite event driver (hidden; the DeathFrame driver pattern). -->
-    <Frame name="BenillaPartyInviteDriver" parent="UIParent" hidden="true">
-        <Size><AbsDimension x="1" y="1"/></Size>
-        <Anchors><Anchor point="TOPLEFT"/></Anchors>
-        <Scripts>
-            <OnLoad>
-                this:RegisterEvent("PARTY_INVITE_REQUEST")
-                this:RegisterEvent("PARTY_INVITE_CANCEL")
-            </OnLoad>
-            <OnEvent>BenillaPartyInviteDriver_OnEvent()</OnEvent>
-        </Scripts>
-    </Frame>
 </Ui>
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/assets/ui/UiPanels.xml b/crates/benilla-app/assets/ui/UiPanels.xml
index 9bbb0b22..81a12d90 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/assets/ui/UiPanels.xml
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/assets/ui/UiPanels.xml
@@ -1488,9 +1488,120 @@
 
         -- ref GlobalStrings.lua l.2612 / l.2818 / l.465, fallback form (the player's own localized
         -- file runs off the patch chain first).
+        -- ── The group-invite popup (ref StaticPopup.lua l.526-548) ───────────────────────────
+        -- Moved here from our `PartyFrame.xml` when 1751 took that window to the player's chain.
+        -- This file is our `StaticPopup.lua`, which is where the reference declares it; the party
+        -- frames were only where ours was first needed.
+        -- The strings and the three flags are the reference's own (INVITATION = "%s invites you to
+        -- a group.", GlobalStrings:2586-area; a 60 s silent timeout, answerable while dead,
+        -- closable with ESC).
+        --
+        -- The whole of its behaviour turns on ONE latch, `inviteAccepted`, and the four hooks below
+        -- are just the four moments that read or write it. It lives on the registry entry rather
+        -- than in an upvalue here because that is where the reference keeps it and an addon
+        -- inspecting the dialog expects to find it there — which is why each hook goes back through
+        -- `StaticPopupDialogs["PARTY_INVITE"]` instead of closing over a local.
+        --
+        -- They are named rather than inlined so the entry below reads as the manifest it is: four
+        -- strings, three flags, four hooks.
+
+        -- Every showing starts unanswered — including a re-show of the same entry, which is what a
+        -- second invite arriving while the first is up does.
+        local function PartyInvite_OnShow()
+            StaticPopupDialogs["PARTY_INVITE"].inviteAccepted = nil
+        end
+
+        -- The only path that answers the server affirmatively, and the only one that latches.
+        local function PartyInvite_OnAccept()
+            AcceptGroup()
+            StaticPopupDialogs["PARTY_INVITE"].inviteAccepted = 1
+        end
+
+        local function PartyInvite_OnCancel()
+            DeclineGroup()
+        end
+
+        -- The catch-all. EVERY way this dialog leaves the screen lands here — Decline, the 60 s
+        -- timeout, ESC, and another dialog overriding it — and the latch is what tells the one
+        -- that already said yes from the four that never answered at all. A clicked Decline
+        -- therefore declines twice (OnCancel, then here); see DOUBLE-DECLINE in the header, which
+        -- is the reference's behaviour and the wire tolerates it.
+        local function PartyInvite_OnHide()
+            if not StaticPopupDialogs["PARTY_INVITE"].inviteAccepted then
+                DeclineGroup()
+            end
+        end
+
+        StaticPopupDialogs["PARTY_INVITE"] = {
+            text = INVITATION,
+            button1 = ACCEPT,
+            button2 = DECLINE,
+            sound = "igPlayerInvite",
+            timeout = 60,
+            whileDead = 1,
+            hideOnEscape = 1,
+            OnShow = PartyInvite_OnShow,
+            OnAccept = PartyInvite_OnAccept,
+            OnCancel = PartyInvite_OnCancel,
+            OnHide = PartyInvite_OnHide,
+        }
+
+        -- ── The logout countdowns ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+        -- The CAMP and QUIT dialogs, moved here from our `GameMenuFrame.xml` when 1751 took that
+        -- window to the player's chain. This file is our `StaticPopup.lua`, which is where the
+        -- reference declares both (l.564 / l.586) — the ESC menu never owned them, it just
+        -- happened to be where ours were first needed.
+        CAMP_TIMER = CAMP_TIMER or "%d %s until logout"
+        QUIT_TIMER = QUIT_TIMER or "%d %s until exit"
+        QUIT_NOW = QUIT_NOW or "Exit now"
+        -- CANCEL before the tables below, not after: a dialog entry captures its button labels BY
+        -- VALUE at load, so a `button1 = CANCEL` built while CANCEL is still nil silently falls
+        -- back to the popup engine's default ("Yes") rather than failing. It reads as a wrong
+        -- label on a real dialog and as nothing at all in a test that does not check the text.
+        CANCEL = CANCEL or "Cancel"
+
+        -- Dismissing a running countdown means "I didn't mean it": call the logout off. Only while
+        -- it is still RUNNING, though — the popup engine zeroes `timeleft` before hiding a dialog
+        -- that expired, so reaching zero leaves the logout alone. (Backwards, and every logout in
+        -- the field is cancelled by its own dialog at t=0 and the character never leaves.) One
+        -- function because both dialogs mean exactly this; `this` is the popup frame, which the
+        -- engine has bound around the handler.
+        local function CancelLogoutIfStillCounting()
+            if this.timeleft > 0 then
+                CancelLogout()
+            end
+        end
+
+        StaticPopupDialogs["CAMP"] = {
+            text = CAMP_TIMER,
+            button1 = CANCEL,
+            timeout = 20,
+            whileDead = 1,
+            hideOnEscape = 1,
+            OnAccept = function()
+                CancelLogout()
+            end,
+            OnHide = CancelLogoutIfStillCounting,
+        }
+
+        StaticPopupDialogs["QUIT"] = {
+            text = QUIT_TIMER,
+            button1 = QUIT_NOW,
+            button2 = CANCEL,
+            timeout = 20,
+            whileDead = 1,
+            hideOnEscape = 1,
+            -- A force-quit needs no server round trip, so the countdown it was narrating is over
+            -- the moment the button is pressed: zero `timeleft` so the OnHide below stands down.
+            OnAccept = function()
+                ForceQuit()
+                this.timeleft = 0
+            end,
+            OnHide = CancelLogoutIfStillCounting,
+        }
+
         LOOT_NO_DROP = LOOT_NO_DROP or "Looting this item will bind it to you."
         OKAY = OKAY or "Okay"
-        CANCEL = CANCEL or "Cancel"
 
         -- ref StaticPopup.lua l.601-611, verbatim. `OnAccept`'s argument is `dialog.data`, the
         -- event's row — and `LootSlot` is the CONTINUATION verb, so this line is the only thing in
@@ -1769,6 +1880,25 @@
                 if dialog then
                     dialog.data = arg1
                 end
+            elseif event == "PARTY_INVITE_REQUEST" then
+                -- ref UIParent.lua's own arms. Same move as the logout three and the loot bind
+                -- confirm: the popup-raising event belongs beside the popup, not in whichever
+                -- window happened to need it first.
+                StaticPopup_Show("PARTY_INVITE", arg1)
+            elseif event == "PARTY_INVITE_CANCEL" then
+                StaticPopup_Hide("PARTY_INVITE")
+            elseif event == "PLAYER_CAMPING" then
+                -- ref UIParent.lua l.304-315. These three lived on our GameMenuFrame.xml's own
+                -- hidden listener, on the reasoning that benilla has no UIParent frame; they are
+                -- here now for the same reason the loot bind confirm is — 1751 took that window
+                -- to the chain, and the reference's placement (UIParent, beside every other
+                -- popup-raising event) is the one that survives the window being someone else's.
+                StaticPopup_Show("CAMP")
+            elseif event == "PLAYER_QUITING" then
+                StaticPopup_Show("QUIT")
+            elseif event == "LOGOUT_CANCEL" then
+                StaticPopup_Hide("CAMP")
+                StaticPopup_Hide("QUIT")
             elseif event == "LOOT_BIND_CONFIRM" then
                 -- ref UIParent.lua l.317-323. The row rides on `dialog.data` rather than as a
                 -- text arg — LOOT_NO_DROP has no format specifier, so the sentence is the same
@@ -2601,6 +2731,11 @@
                 self:RegisterEvent("AUTOEQUIP_BIND_CONFIRM")
                 self:RegisterEvent("USE_BIND_CONFIRM")
                 self:RegisterEvent("LOOT_BIND_CONFIRM")
+                self:RegisterEvent("PLAYER_CAMPING")
+                self:RegisterEvent("PLAYER_QUITING")
+                self:RegisterEvent("LOGOUT_CANCEL")
+                self:RegisterEvent("PARTY_INVITE_REQUEST")
+                self:RegisterEvent("PARTY_INVITE_CANCEL")
                 self:RegisterEvent("CURSOR_UPDATE")
             </OnLoad>
             <OnEvent>BenillaBindConfirmDriver_OnEvent(self)</OnEvent>
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/assets/ui/benilla.toc b/crates/benilla-app/assets/ui/benilla.toc
index 1e43551a..186697b0 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/assets/ui/benilla.toc
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/assets/ui/benilla.toc
@@ -257,8 +257,31 @@ Interface\FrameXML\ComboFrame.xml
 # transcription; consumes COMBAT_TEXT_UPDATE + the regen/health/power events, needs
 # only Fonts.xml (CombatTextFont) + UIParent before it.
 CombatText.xml
-# The party member frames + the PARTY_INVITE popup + its event driver (decision 0434
-# phase 2): a StaticPopup registry entry, so after UiPanels.xml.
+# The player buff/debuff bar (decisions 0255/0257 — the player aura arc): the HUD row of aura
+# icons under the minimap, driven by the UnitAura feed (`crate::ui_aura`).
+#
+# MOVED UP HERE from below the world-state frame when PartyFrame went to the chain (1751). It
+# has to precede PartyFrame, because stock `PartyMemberFrame.lua:60` calls `RefreshBuffs` from
+# each row's OnLoad and `BuffFrame.lua` is where that lives — which is exactly the reference's
+# own order (its toc: BuffFrame 40, UnitFrame 43, PartyFrame 45; ours had them inverted).
+#
+# The note this entry used to carry — "needs ActionBar's `BENILLA_FALLBACK_ICON`" — was stale:
+# that was true of OUR BuffFrame.xml, and the chain file does not mention the name. The only
+# readers left are MerchantFrame, StanceBar and TradeSkillFrame, all at runtime.
+Interface\FrameXML\BuffFrame.xml
+# The party member frames (decision 0434 phase 2).
+#
+# NOT yet on the chain, and the blocker is ours, not a missing verb: **`UnitFrames.xml` below
+# redefines `UnitFrame_OnEvent` and `UnitFrame_Update`**, two names stock `UnitFrame.lua` (l.232
+# above) has already defined. Ours win, so stock party rows — built by stock
+# `PartyMemberFrame.lua` and initialized by the reference's own `UnitFrame_Initialize` — end up
+# calling OUR update, which indexes a `nameText` the reference's rows do not carry. The swap
+# loads and then raises on the first PARTY_MEMBERS_CHANGED. So PartyFrame waits on the
+# player/target/pet frames, not on anything of its own.
+#
+# What HAS moved out: the PARTY_INVITE dialog and its driver, to UiPanels.xml (StaticPopup.lua
+# l.526, UIParent.lua), and the three raid constants, which RaidFrame.xml already declared —
+# that is the reference's home for them (RaidFrame.lua l.2-4).
 PartyFrame.xml
 # The death arc's dialogs + event driver (decision 0308): registry entries on the shared
 # StaticPopup engine, so after UiPanels.xml.
@@ -455,10 +478,6 @@ Interface\FrameXML\MirrorTimer.xml
 # `crate::world_state_ui` fires. Needs Fonts (GameFontNormalSmall) and GameTooltip; sits beside the
 # mirror timers, which share its top-centre lane.
 WorldStateFrame.xml
-# The player buff/debuff bar (decisions 0255/0257 — the player aura arc): the HUD row of
-# aura icons under the minimap, driven by the UnitAura feed (`crate::ui_aura`). Needs Fonts
-# (its FontStrings) and ActionBar's `BENILLA_FALLBACK_ICON` global (both already loaded).
-Interface\FrameXML\BuffFrame.xml
 # ══ THE DURABILITY ALERT — the reference's own, off the player's chain (1751, window 4) ══
 # The "armor guy" under the minimap: `DurabilityFrame`, its eleven glyph textures, and
 # `DurabilityFrame_SetAlerts` / `_OnUpdate` with `INVENTORY_ALERT_STATUS_SLOTS` and
@@ -649,18 +668,21 @@ FriendsFrame.xml
 # a child cannot be declared before its parent — the reference splits it the same way and for the
 # same reason (its FrameXML.toc has RaidFrame.xml on the very next line). Decision 1549.
 RaidFrame.xml
-GossipFrame.xml
-# NOT YET on the chain, and the reason is worth keeping. `PickupMerchantItem` (1786) was the
-# last name the *gap report* wanted, the readiness probe then called the stock file CLEAN, and
-# both were right about what they measure and wrong about the window: the stock row's `<OnEnter>`
-# calls `ShoppingTooltip1:SetMerchantCompareItem(...)`, which we do not have. That is a METHOD,
-# and the gap report only reads bare `Name(` globals — see 1787, which fixes the instrument.
-# A hover would have raised in play with every check green. The swap waits on that one method.
+# ══ THE GOSSIP WINDOW — the reference's own, off the player's chain (1751) ══════════════════
+# No engine verb, no widget method, no shadowed name — all three instruments clean. It was
+# deferred once on `GossipResize` reading `GetTextHeight()` in the same repaint that sets the
+# label, our measurement being a frame late; that is what the swap tests.
+Interface\FrameXML\GossipFrame.xml
+# ══ THE VENDOR WINDOW — the reference's own, off the player's chain (1751) ══════════════════
+# It took three things, in this order: `PickupMerchantItem` (the vendor cursor, 1786), the
+# `BenillaMoney_*` coin kit moving out to MoneyFrame.xml where eight other windows can reach it
+# without loading this one, and `SetMerchantCompareItem` (1791) — which the gap report could not
+# see at all until 1787 taught it to read `:Method(` sites, and which would have raised on the
+# first vendor-row hover with every check green.
 #
-# Its shared `BenillaMoney_*` coin kit HAS moved out, to MoneyFrame.xml where the reference keeps
-# money code and where eight windows can reach it without loading this one. That is why the notes
-# below now say "grouping" rather than "reuses that file's helpers".
-MerchantFrame.xml
+# That is why the notes below say "grouping" rather than "reuses that file's helpers": the
+# windows still cluster here, but nothing depends on this file any more.
+Interface\FrameXML\MerchantFrame.xml
 # The mail window (decision 0544 P1/P2): the mailbox inbox, open-letter, and send tab over
 # the Era mail API (`benilla-ui/src/script/mail.rs`) + `crate::ui_mail`'s feed/drain. Kept
 # beside MerchantFrame in the NPC-window cluster; its postage/enclosed/COD coin displays use
@@ -862,9 +884,18 @@ KeyBindingsPage.xml
 # (all far above); sits right before GameMenuFrame so the menu — which reaches it by
 # name at click time — stays the last, outermost layer.
 OptionsFrame.xml
-# The game menu (decision 0674): the frame ESC opens, plus the CAMP/QUIT dialogs and their
-# event driver. LAST on purpose — it is the outermost layer of the shell, it depends on
-# everything it touches being loaded (UiPanels' popup engine + panel manager, MicroMenu's
-# UpdateMicroButtons, BagFrame's Disable_BagButtons), and nothing depends on it: the ESC
-# chain and the micro button both reach it by name at call time.
+# The game menu (decision 0674): the frame ESC opens. LAST on purpose — it is the outermost
+# layer of the shell, it depends on everything it touches being loaded (UiPanels' popup engine
+# + panel manager, MicroMenu's UpdateMicroButtons, BagFrame's Disable_BagButtons), and nothing
+# depends on it: the ESC chain and the micro button both reach it by name at call time.
+#
+# NOT yet on the chain, and the reason is not in the gap report: the stock file's buttons reach
+# `UIOptionsFrame`, and stock `UIParent.lua:997` indexes it — so the ESC menu drags in the whole
+# options family, the same chain `MainMenuBarMicroButtons` is deferred behind. All three columns
+# read clean because the file LOADS clean; what it needs is a sibling window, not a verb.
+#
+# Its CAMP/QUIT dialogs and their event driver HAVE moved out, to UiPanels.xml — the reference's
+# own homes (StaticPopup.lua l.564/586 for the dialogs, UIParent.lua l.304-315 for the three
+# events). The ESC menu never owned them; it was just where ours were first needed. That is one
+# less thing to move when the options family lands.
 GameMenuFrame.xml
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/action_bar_tests.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/action_bar_tests.rs
index 4adcb718..bde05ff0 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/action_bar_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/action_bar_tests.rs
@@ -785,7 +785,7 @@ fn shipped_bag_frame_drives_end_to_end() {
         }
     }
     load_ui(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\StackSplitFrame.xml");
-    load_ui(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    load_ui(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
 
     assert_eq!(
         bar_frames, 16,
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/bag_tests.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/bag_tests.rs
index b8fa1d8b..63d67f90 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/bag_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/bag_tests.rs
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ fn b_opens_the_backpack_alone_and_closes_every_bag() {
     for file in BAG_UI {
         load_xml(&s, file);
     }
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
     s.set_money(0);
 
     // Backpack (16) + one equipped bag in slot 2 (6). Bags 1/3/4 are left unset → 0 slots.
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ fn shift_b_toggles_every_bag_at_once() {
     for file in BAG_UI {
         load_xml(&s, file);
     }
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
     s.set_money(0);
     s.set_container(
         0,
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ fn bag_bar_buttons_light_while_their_bag_is_open() {
     for file in BAG_UI {
         load_xml(&s, file);
     }
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
     s.set_money(0);
     s.set_container(
         0,
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ fn bag_tooltip_hangs_left_when_the_slot_sits_in_the_right_half() {
     for file in BAG_UI {
         load_xml(&s, file);
     }
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
     s.set_money(0);
 
     let mut slots = std::collections::HashMap::new();
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ fn hovered_bag_tooltip_fills_itself_when_the_stats_land() {
     for file in BAG_UI {
         load_xml(&s, file);
     }
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
     s.set_money(0);
 
     let mut slots = std::collections::HashMap::new();
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ fn vendor_bag_hover_shows_sell_price_and_arms_the_pouch_cursor() {
     for file in BAG_UI {
         load_xml(&s, file);
     }
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
     s.set_money(0);
 
     let mut slots = std::collections::HashMap::new();
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ fn readable_letter_hover_shows_the_inspect_magnifier() {
     for file in BAG_UI {
         load_xml(&s, file);
     }
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
     s.set_money(0);
 
     let mut slots = std::collections::HashMap::new();
@@ -791,7 +791,7 @@ fn drag_across_two_slots_queues_the_same_move_a_click_pickup_would() {
     for file in BAG_UI {
         load_xml(&s, file);
     }
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
     s.set_money(0);
 
     let mut slots = std::collections::HashMap::new();
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ fn a_second_bag_window_feeds_and_paints_via_the_bag_bar() {
     for file in BAG_UI {
         load_xml(&s, file);
     }
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
     s.set_money(0);
 
     let mut slots = std::collections::HashMap::new();
@@ -946,7 +946,7 @@ fn equipped_bag_window_snug_fits_its_row_count() {
     for file in BAG_UI {
         load_xml(&s, file);
     }
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
     s.set_money(0);
 
     // (bag id, slot count, expected window height). 6 → 2 rows plus-two-top (72+32+10); 8 → 2 rows
@@ -1005,7 +1005,7 @@ fn open_backpack_with_a_five_stack(s: &mut UiScript) -> (f32, f32) {
     for file in BAG_UI {
         load_xml(s, file);
     }
-    load_xml(s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
     load_xml(s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\StackSplitFrame.xml");
     s.set_money(0);
 
@@ -1345,7 +1345,7 @@ fn bag_slot_cooldown_sweeps_through_the_xml() {
     for file in BAG_UI {
         load_xml(&s, file);
     }
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
     s.set_money(0);
     s.tick(100.0); // a nonzero clock epoch, like the engine cooldown tests
 
@@ -1418,7 +1418,7 @@ fn the_bar_bag_buttons_name_themselves_on_hover() {
     for file in BAG_UI {
         load_xml(&s, file);
     }
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
     s.resolve();
 
     // The backpack: its label plus OPENALLBAGS's live key (default B; 0997's divergence note).
@@ -1551,7 +1551,7 @@ fn keyring_surface(s: &UiScript) {
     for file in BAG_UI {
         load_xml(s, file);
     }
-    load_xml(s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
     load_xml(s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\UIErrorsFrame.xml");
 }
 
@@ -1823,7 +1823,7 @@ fn an_item_push_drops_its_icon_into_the_bag_that_took_it() {
     for file in BAG_UI {
         load_xml(&s, file);
     }
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
     s.resolve();
 
     let shown = |s: &UiScript, name: &str| {
@@ -2079,7 +2079,7 @@ fn an_addon_that_hooks_toggle_backpack_receives_the_click() {
     for file in BAG_UI {
         load_xml(&s, file);
     }
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
     s.set_money(0);
 
     // Bagnon's exact idiom: capture the original, replace the global.
@@ -2135,7 +2135,7 @@ fn the_bag_slots_carry_the_references_names_and_icon_names() {
     for file in BAG_UI {
         load_xml(&s, file);
     }
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
 
     for i in 0..4 {
         assert!(
@@ -2195,7 +2195,7 @@ fn the_backpack_buttons_ring_follows_its_own_window_through_real_clicks() {
     for file in BAG_UI {
         load_xml(&s, file);
     }
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
     s.set_money(0);
     // The reference's `ToggleBag` opens nothing for a container of size 0, so the backpack has to
     // be fed — our own windows existed statically and opened regardless.
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/delete_item_tests.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/delete_item_tests.rs
index b98eb1ae..e6e11cdf 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/delete_item_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/delete_item_tests.rs
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ fn bag_setup() -> UiScript {
     }
     // `ContainerFrame_Update` reads `MerchantFrame:IsShown()` on any slot the tooltip owns, and
     // `BankFrame` (BAG_UI's last entry) fills its purse through `BenillaMoney_Set`.
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
     s.set_money(0);
     s
 }
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/dressup_tests.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/dressup_tests.rs
index f046fc8f..62b913b7 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/dressup_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/dressup_tests.rs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ const ROOM_UI: &[&str] = &[
     "UIDropDownMenu.xml",
     "UnitPopup.xml",
     "Interface\\FrameXML\\ItemRef.xml",
-    "MerchantFrame.xml",
+    "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml",
     "Interface\\FrameXML\\StackSplitFrame.xml",
     "DressUpFrame.xml",
     "Interface\\FrameXML\\UIMenu.xml", // the kit ChatMenu/EmoteMenu/VoiceMacroMenu build from
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/errors_tests.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/errors_tests.rs
index a5295d07..cd4452aa 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/errors_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/errors_tests.rs
@@ -113,10 +113,10 @@ fn an_error_toast_draws_over_an_open_panel_window() {
     load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\UIErrorsFrame.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "GameTooltip.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "Cooldown.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml"); // BenillaMoney_* — QuestLogDetail's reward money row
-                                       // ScrollTemplates.xml (the faux kit the list rides) + UIPanelTemplates.xml (the detail
-                                       // pane's UIPanelScrollFrameTemplate). A MISSING template is a loader *warning*, so an
-                                       // under-loaded list passes and then dies on the first FauxScrollFrame_Update.
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml"); // BenillaMoney_* — QuestLogDetail's reward money row
+                                                            // ScrollTemplates.xml (the faux kit the list rides) + UIPanelTemplates.xml (the detail
+                                                            // pane's UIPanelScrollFrameTemplate). A MISSING template is a loader *warning*, so an
+                                                            // under-loaded list passes and then dies on the first FauxScrollFrame_Update.
     load_xml(&s, "ScrollTemplates.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "UIPanelTemplates.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "QuestLogFrame.xml");
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/escape_tests.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/escape_tests.rs
index fc762fe7..25fd0e73 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/escape_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/escape_tests.rs
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ fn escape_closes_bag_and_panel_releases_loot_and_clears_cursor() {
         load_xml(&s, file);
     }
     load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\LootFrame.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml"); // BenillaMoney_Set, BankFrame's purse helper
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml"); // BenillaMoney_Set, BankFrame's purse helper
     s.set_money(0);
     s.set_container(0, Some(one_item_backpack()));
 
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ fn escape_is_consumed_by_a_focused_editbox_and_leaves_windows_open() {
     for file in BAG_UI {
         load_xml(&s, file);
     }
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\UIMenu.xml"); // the kit the chat menus build from
     load_xml(&s, "ChatFrame.xml");
     s.set_money(0);
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ fn escape_closes_an_open_stack_split_frame() {
     for file in BAG_UI {
         load_xml(&s, file);
     }
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml"); // ContainerFrameItemButton_OnClick reads MerchantFrame
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml"); // ContainerFrameItemButton_OnClick reads MerchantFrame
     load_xml(&s, "ChatFrame.xml"); // …and ChatFrameEditBox, the shift fork's first test
     load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\StackSplitFrame.xml");
     s.set_money(0);
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ fn escape_ladder_cast_then_windows_then_target_one_eater_per_press() {
     // GameTooltip.xml (BAG_UI's, for the bag slots' tooltips) also carries TOOLTIP_DEFAULT_COLOR,
     // which the dropdown backdrop's OnLoad reads — so the kit can load straight after it.
     load_xml(&s, "UIDropDownMenu.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
     s.set_money(0);
     s.set_container(0, Some(one_item_backpack()));
     s.run("MainMenuBarBackpackButton:Click()").unwrap();
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ fn escape_ladder_targeting_rung_after_cast_before_windows() {
     for file in BAG_UI {
         load_xml(&s, file);
     }
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
     s.set_money(0);
     s.set_container(0, Some(one_item_backpack()));
     s.run("MainMenuBarBackpackButton:Click()").unwrap();
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/frame_flag_gate.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/frame_flag_gate.rs
index 7b355f0c..78c8f3ea 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/frame_flag_gate.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/frame_flag_gate.rs
@@ -219,74 +219,11 @@ const KNOWN: &[Known] = &[
     },
     // ── We take the mouse where the reference does not ─────────────────────────────────────────
     //
-    // The merchant rows: ours are one mouse-taking row each; the reference splits every row into
-    // an inert container plus a `$parentItemButton` that takes the mouse on its behalf. Same
-    // clicks, a different frame under them.
-    Known {
-        frame: "MerchantItem1",
-        flag: Flag::Mouse,
-        why: "inherits BenillaMerchantItemTemplate",
-    },
-    Known {
-        frame: "MerchantItem2",
-        flag: Flag::Mouse,
-        why: "inherits BenillaMerchantItemTemplate",
-    },
-    Known {
-        frame: "MerchantItem3",
-        flag: Flag::Mouse,
-        why: "inherits BenillaMerchantItemTemplate",
-    },
-    Known {
-        frame: "MerchantItem4",
-        flag: Flag::Mouse,
-        why: "inherits BenillaMerchantItemTemplate",
-    },
-    Known {
-        frame: "MerchantItem5",
-        flag: Flag::Mouse,
-        why: "inherits BenillaMerchantItemTemplate",
-    },
-    Known {
-        frame: "MerchantItem6",
-        flag: Flag::Mouse,
-        why: "inherits BenillaMerchantItemTemplate",
-    },
-    Known {
-        frame: "MerchantItem7",
-        flag: Flag::Mouse,
-        why: "inherits BenillaMerchantItemTemplate",
-    },
-    Known {
-        frame: "MerchantItem8",
-        flag: Flag::Mouse,
-        why: "inherits BenillaMerchantItemTemplate",
-    },
-    Known {
-        frame: "MerchantItem9",
-        flag: Flag::Mouse,
-        why: "inherits BenillaMerchantItemTemplate",
-    },
-    Known {
-        frame: "MerchantItem10",
-        flag: Flag::Mouse,
-        why: "inherits BenillaMerchantItemTemplate",
-    },
-    Known {
-        frame: "MerchantItem11",
-        flag: Flag::Mouse,
-        why: "inherits BenillaMerchantItemTemplate",
-    },
-    Known {
-        frame: "MerchantItem12",
-        flag: Flag::Mouse,
-        why: "inherits BenillaMerchantItemTemplate",
-    },
-    Known {
-        frame: "MerchantBuyBackItem",
-        flag: Flag::Mouse,
-        why: "inherits BenillaMerchantItemTemplate",
-    },
+    // The merchant rows' divergence RETIRED (1751): our `MerchantFrame.xml` is gone and the
+    // reference's own file is on the player's chain, so its rows are its rows. There were 13
+    // entries here — twelve `MerchantItem<N>` plus `MerchantBuyBackItem` — saying ours took the
+    // mouse on the row itself where the reference splits each row into an inert container plus a
+    // `$parentItemButton`. That is exactly what this gate exists to notice going away.
     Known {
         frame: "WorldMapFrame",
         flag: Flag::Mouse,
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/game_menu_tests.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/game_menu_tests.rs
index adcb30c3..5a571f1a 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/game_menu_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/game_menu_tests.rs
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ fn the_unbacked_entries_are_disabled_and_the_rest_are_live() {
 #[test]
 fn escape_opens_the_menu_only_when_nothing_else_wants_the_press_and_then_closes_it() {
     let _data = benilla_formats::wow_data_or_skip!();
-    let mut s = bag_harness_with(&[], &["MerchantFrame.xml"]);
+    let mut s = bag_harness_with(&[], &["Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml"]);
     s.set_money(0);
     s.set_container(0, Some(backpack()));
 
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ fn escape_opens_the_menu_only_when_nothing_else_wants_the_press_and_then_closes_
 #[test]
 fn the_clicked_form_closes_everything_and_opens_the_menu_in_one_go() {
     let _data = benilla_formats::wow_data_or_skip!();
-    let mut s = bag_harness_with(&[], &["MerchantFrame.xml"]);
+    let mut s = bag_harness_with(&[], &["Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml"]);
     s.set_money(0);
     s.set_container(0, Some(backpack()));
     s.run("MainMenuBarBackpackButton:Click()").unwrap();
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ fn the_open_menu_takes_the_screen_and_refuses_every_other_panel() {
     let mut s = bag_harness_with(
         &[],
         &[
-            "MerchantFrame.xml",
+            "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml",
             // The loot window is the reference's own since 1751 — `test_ui::LOOT_UI` carries
             // what it needs and why, and PartyFrame's `MAX_PARTY_MEMBERS` is needed at LOAD.
             "UIDropDownMenu.xml",
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ fn nothing_opens_behind_the_world_map_and_escape_closes_it_first() {
         "UIDropDownMenu.xml",
         "ScrollTemplates.xml",
         "WorldMapFrame.xml",
-        "MerchantFrame.xml",
+        "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml",
         // The loot window is the reference's own since 1751 — see `test_ui::LOOT_UI` for what
         // each of these buys; `PartyFrame`'s MAX_PARTY_MEMBERS is needed at LOAD time.
         "UnitPopup.xml",
@@ -638,7 +638,10 @@ fn the_bag_row_greys_under_the_menu_without_any_of_it_disappearing() {
     // ActionBar.xml goes AHEAD of the bag stack: it declares MainMenuBarArtFrame, which the bag
     // bar anchors into and seats itself above (`BenillaActionBarArt_SeatAbove`, nil-guarded in
     // BagFrame.xml precisely because most harnesses load no bar).
-    let mut s = bag_harness_with(&["Cooldown.xml", "ActionBar.xml"], &["MerchantFrame.xml"]);
+    let mut s = bag_harness_with(
+        &["Cooldown.xml", "ActionBar.xml"],
+        &["Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml"],
+    );
     s.set_money(0);
     s.set_container(0, Some(backpack()));
     s.resolve();
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/loot_tests.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/loot_tests.rs
index a87b8c59..c1e58ad6 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/loot_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/loot_tests.rs
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ fn shipped_loot_pushed_to_center_by_merchant() {
     }
     load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\LootFrame.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "GameTooltip.xml"); // app load order: tooltip before merchant
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
 
     // Loot opens onto the empty left slot.
     s.set_loot(Some(coin_and_two_items()));
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/merchant_tests.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/merchant_tests.rs
index 9ed5dd4f..ace7436a 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/merchant_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/merchant_tests.rs
@@ -52,18 +52,19 @@ fn shipped_merchant_frame_drives_end_to_end() {
     s.set_screen_size(1024.0, 768.0);
     // The named virtual Font objects the re-skinned rows/title inherit through — loaded first at
     // runtime (ui_script's shipped list) so `inherits="GameFontNormalSmall"` resolves here too.
-    load_xml(&s, "Fonts.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "MoneyFrame.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "UiPanels.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "GameTooltip.xml"); // app load order: tooltip before merchant
-                                     // The window's frame census: window 1 + item rows 12 (10 merchant + the 2 buyback-only) +
-                                     // close 1 + row-price coin slots 36 + purse coin slots 3 + the buyback slot 1 + its 3 coins +
-                                     // the repair pair 2 + the page pair 2 + the tab pair 2 = 63 (the title/quadrant art are
-                                     // FontString/Texture layers, not frames).
+    for f in super::test_ui::MERCHANT_UI {
+        load_xml(&s, f);
+    }
+    // The STOCK file's frame census (1751). Ours materialized 63 — window, twelve rows, close, the
+    // three-slot coin kit's 39 slots, the buyback slot, and the repair/page/tab pairs. The reference's
+    // shape is different in kind, not just in count: every row is an inert container PLUS a
+    // `$parentItemButton` that carries `ItemButtonTemplate`'s own children, and the prices are
+    // `SmallMoneyFrameTemplate` instances rather than our `<prefix>Coin1..3` chain. A count is a
+    // fingerprint of a file; this one is the reference's.
     assert_eq!(
-        load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml"),
-        63,
-        "window + 12 rows + close + 39 coin slots + buyback slot + repair/page/tab pairs"
+        load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml"),
+        90,
+        "the stock file's own shape — see the census note above"
     );
 
     // Hidden by default: no vendor icon on screen.
@@ -155,18 +156,22 @@ fn shipped_merchant_frame_drives_end_to_end() {
         11,
         "10 merchant rows + the buyback slot render their socket plate"
     );
+    // THREE, not two, and the third is the buyback slot. Our file dimmed an empty buyback socket
+    // with the empty rows; the reference's `MerchantFrame_UpdateBuybackInfo` does not run the
+    // empty-row arm on it at all, so it keeps the bright plate whether or not a sold item is
+    // there. Same census, one socket moved sides.
     assert_eq!(
         socket_colors.iter().filter(|c| c[0] > 0.9).count(),
-        2,
-        "the 2 filled rows keep the socket full-bright"
+        3,
+        "the 2 filled rows and the buyback slot keep the socket full-bright"
     );
     assert_eq!(
         socket_colors
             .iter()
             .filter(|c| (c[0] - 0.4).abs() < 0.01)
             .count(),
-        9,
-        "the 8 empty rows + the empty buyback slot dim the socket to 0.4"
+        8,
+        "the 8 empty rows dim the socket to 0.4 (ref MerchantFrame.lua l.115)"
     );
     assert_eq!(
         quads
@@ -335,11 +340,10 @@ fn shipped_merchant_frame_drives_end_to_end() {
 fn merchant_show_hide_plays_open_and_close_kits() {
     let mut s = UiScript::new().unwrap();
     s.set_screen_size(1024.0, 768.0);
-    load_xml(&s, "Fonts.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "MoneyFrame.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "UiPanels.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "GameTooltip.xml"); // app load order: tooltip before merchant
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    for f in super::test_ui::MERCHANT_UI {
+        load_xml(&s, f);
+    }
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
 
     // Hidden at load: no open sound (never transitions on startup).
     assert!(
@@ -388,7 +392,7 @@ fn vendor_open_opens_the_backpack_and_layers_the_sound() {
     for file in BAG_UI {
         load_xml(&s, file);
     }
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
     s.set_money(0);
     equip_bag(&mut s, 0, "Backpack", 16);
     let _ = s.take_sounds(); // ignore anything from load (frames are hidden; nothing should)
@@ -438,7 +442,7 @@ fn vendor_leaves_an_already_open_backpack_alone() {
     for file in BAG_UI {
         load_xml(&s, file);
     }
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
     s.set_money(0);
     equip_bag(&mut s, 0, "Backpack", 16);
 
@@ -486,7 +490,7 @@ fn vendor_opens_and_closes_all_equipped_bags() {
     for file in BAG_UI {
         load_xml(&s, file);
     }
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
     s.set_money(0);
     equip_bag(&mut s, 0, "Backpack", 16);
     equip_bag(&mut s, 2, "Small Pouch", 6);
@@ -519,11 +523,10 @@ fn vendor_opens_and_closes_all_equipped_bags() {
 fn merchant_switch_plays_close_then_open_and_queues_the_consumable_close() {
     let mut s = UiScript::new().unwrap();
     s.set_screen_size(1024.0, 768.0);
-    load_xml(&s, "Fonts.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "MoneyFrame.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "UiPanels.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "GameTooltip.xml"); // app load order: tooltip before merchant
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    for f in super::test_ui::MERCHANT_UI {
+        load_xml(&s, f);
+    }
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
 
     // Vendor A open.
     s.set_money(0);
@@ -562,10 +565,9 @@ fn merchant_switch_plays_close_then_open_and_queues_the_consumable_close() {
 fn shipped_merchant_hover_scopes_highlight_and_anchors_item_tooltip() {
     let mut s = UiScript::new().unwrap();
     s.set_screen_size(1024.0, 768.0);
-    load_xml(&s, "Fonts.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "MoneyFrame.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "UiPanels.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "GameTooltip.xml");
+    for f in super::test_ui::MERCHANT_UI {
+        load_xml(&s, f);
+    }
     // The quality→colour table is `ITEM_QUALITY_COLORS`, and Fonts.xml is its home — this used
     // to load the whole loot window for `BENILLA_LOOT_QUALITY_COLORS`, an alias our own
     // LootFrame.xml set to that same table. 1751 took that window to the chain and the alias went
@@ -573,7 +575,7 @@ fn shipped_merchant_hover_scopes_highlight_and_anchors_item_tooltip() {
     // every FrameXML file loads before any hover fires, so load it here too — with the dropdown
     // kit its GroupLootDropDown initializes against at load (benilla.toc l.64 vs 383).
     load_xml(&s, "UIDropDownMenu.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
 
     s.set_merchant(Some(MerchantState {
         items: vec![
@@ -659,10 +661,17 @@ fn shipped_merchant_hover_scopes_highlight_and_anchors_item_tooltip() {
     assert!(!has_text(&quads, "Main Hand"), "no tooltip before hover");
     let sword_icon = rect_of_tex(&quads, "INV_Sword_04");
 
-    // Hover the row over its NAME PLATE (well right of the icon): the whole row is the button, but
-    // the highlight must still cover only the 37px icon at the row's TOPLEFT.
+    // Hover the ICON, and that is the whole change 1751 made here. Our `MerchantFrame.xml` made
+    // the WHOLE ROW take the mouse — this hovered 60px right of the icon, over the name plate,
+    // and expected the tooltip. The reference splits every row into an inert container plus a
+    // `$parentItemButton` the size of the icon, which takes the mouse on its behalf; the twelve
+    // `MerchantItem<N>` entries in the flag gate's KNOWN list said exactly that, and they retired
+    // with our file.
+    //
+    // So on the reference's window, hovering a vendor row's NAME shows nothing. That is not a
+    // regression to fix — it is what the client does.
     let (hx, hy) = (
-        sword_icon.right + 60.0,
+        (sword_icon.left + sword_icon.right) * 0.5,
         (sword_icon.bottom + sword_icon.top) * 0.5,
     );
     s.mouse_move(hx, hy);
@@ -777,148 +786,21 @@ fn shipped_merchant_hover_scopes_highlight_and_anchors_item_tooltip() {
     assert!(s.errors().is_empty(), "script errors: {:?}", s.errors());
 }
 
-/// Pin the real SmallMoneyFrame *shrink* (MoneyFrame.lua l.202 `SetWidth(GetTextWidth() +
-/// iconWidth)`, l.269 `frame:SetWidth`) that `BenillaMoney_Set` reproduces from the app's
-/// digit-advance feed ([`benilla_ui::script::UiScript::set_digit_advances`]): price groups pack
-/// number+coin with the real 4px spacing and start left-flush at the plate's left edge whatever
-/// the leading denomination (the "silver rows indent" bug), the purse packs the same
-/// right-to-left off its RIGHT anchor, and collapsed denominations HIDE (never a blank
-/// fixed-width box — the "copper-to-silver gap" bug).
-#[test]
-fn money_display_shrinks_to_content_and_stays_flush() {
-    let mut s = UiScript::new().unwrap();
-    s.set_screen_size(1024.0, 768.0);
-    load_xml(&s, "Fonts.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "MoneyFrame.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "UiPanels.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "GameTooltip.xml"); // app load order: tooltip before merchant
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
-    // The app's synchronous number metrics (ui_script feeds NumberFontNormal's real advances once
-    // per atlas bake; a uniform 6px here keeps the arithmetic below legible).
-    s.set_text_measurer(Box::new(super::FixedWidthFont(6.0)));
-
-    s.set_money(12_345); // 1g 23s 45c → purse digits "1" / "23" / "45"
-    s.set_merchant(Some(MerchantState {
-        items: vec![
-            MerchantItem {
-                name: Some("Refreshing Spring Water".into()),
-                texture: Some("Interface\\Icons\\INV_Drink_18".into()),
-                price: 25, // copper only → "25"
-                quantity: 1,
-                num_available: -1,
-                item_id: 159,
-                stats: None,
-                link: None,
-                max_stack: Some(1),
-            },
-            MerchantItem {
-                name: Some("Linen Bandage".into()),
-                texture: Some("Interface\\Icons\\INV_Misc_Bandage_01".into()),
-                price: 204, // 2s 4c → "2" + "4" (silver-led — the row that used to indent)
-                quantity: 1,
-                num_available: -1,
-                item_id: 1251,
-                stats: None,
-                link: None,
-                max_stack: Some(1),
-            },
-        ],
-        ..Default::default()
-    }));
-    s.fire_event("MERCHANT_SHOW", vec![]);
-    assert!(s.errors().is_empty(), "script errors: {:?}", s.errors());
-    s.resolve();
-    let quads = s.extract();
-
-    let text_rect = |t: &str| {
-        quads
-            .iter()
-            .find(|q| matches!(&q.content, QuadContent::Text { text: Some(x), .. } if x == t))
-            .and_then(|q| q.rect)
-            .unwrap_or_else(|| panic!("no text quad for {t:?}"))
-    };
-    let near = |a: f32, b: f32| (a - b).abs() < 0.01;
-
-    // The real collapse HIDES unused slots: exactly 6 coin icons are on screen — row 1's copper,
-    // row 2's silver+copper, the purse's gold+silver+copper. (8 empty rows × 3 + all the unused
-    // slots of the filled displays draw nothing.)
-    let coin_icons = quads
-        .iter()
-        .filter(|q| {
-            matches!(&q.content, QuadContent::Texture { path: Some(p), .. }
-                if p.contains("UI-MoneyIcons"))
-        })
-        .count();
-    assert_eq!(coin_icons, 6, "only the filled denominations draw a coin");
-
-    // Left-flush prices: both rows' leading numbers start at rowLeft + 46 (the name box's own
-    // column — 2px of breathing room off the plate border the director asked for; the ref quote
-    // was 44), whether the row leads with copper ("25") or silver ("2"). Row 1 sits at abs left
-    // 24 (window 0 + 24), row 2 at 189 (24 + 153-wide row + 12 column gap).
-    let p1 = text_rect("25");
-    let p2 = text_rect("2");
-    assert!(
-        near(p1.left - 24.0, 46.0),
-        "copper-led price starts at the plate edge, got {}",
-        p1.left - 24.0
-    );
-    assert!(
-        near(p2.left - 189.0, 46.0),
-        "silver-led price starts at the SAME plate edge (the indent bug), got {}",
-        p2.left - 189.0
-    );
-
-    // The shrink + the real 4px MONEY_BUTTON_SPACING: row 2's copper number starts exactly
-    // number-width + 13px coin + 4px gap after the silver number's left edge — no dead air from a
-    // fixed-width slot (the gap bug). "2" is 6px wide, its coin 13, the gap 4 → "4" at +23.
-    let p2c = text_rect("4");
-    assert!(
-        near(p2c.left, p2.right + 13.0 + 4.0),
-        "silver→copper packs number+coin+4px, got {} vs {}",
-        p2c.left,
-        p2.right + 13.0 + 4.0
-    );
-
-    // The purse packs the same but right-to-left, right-flush at window right -53 (the ref
-    // MerchantMoneyFrame anchor -40 minus the template's built-in 13px right pad — see the purse
-    // XML comment): copper "45" ends 13px (its coin) short of x=331, silver "23" ends its coin
-    // 4px left of copper's slot, gold "1" likewise.
-    let purse_c = text_rect("45");
-    let purse_s = text_rect("23");
-    let purse_g = text_rect("1");
-    assert!(
-        near(purse_c.right + 13.0, 384.0 - 53.0),
-        "purse copper coin right-flush at window right -53, got {}",
-        purse_c.right + 13.0
-    );
-    assert!(
-        near(purse_c.left, purse_s.right + 13.0 + 4.0),
-        "purse silver→copper packs rtl with the 4px gap, got {} vs {}",
-        purse_c.left,
-        purse_s.right + 13.0 + 4.0
-    );
-    assert!(
-        near(purse_s.left, purse_g.right + 13.0 + 4.0),
-        "purse gold→silver packs rtl with the 4px gap, got {} vs {}",
-        purse_s.left,
-        purse_g.right + 13.0 + 4.0
-    );
-    assert!(s.errors().is_empty(), "script errors: {:?}", s.errors());
-
-    // A sell changes only the coinage — no MERCHANT_UPDATE rides along. The purse repaints on the
-    // real client's PLAYER_MONEY event (the app fires it whenever the pushed money changes).
-    s.set_money(12_349); // +4c: the purse copper becomes "49"
-    s.fire_event("PLAYER_MONEY", vec![]);
-    s.resolve();
-    let quads = s.extract();
-    assert!(
-        quads
-            .iter()
-            .any(|q| matches!(&q.content, QuadContent::Text { text: Some(t), .. } if t == "49")),
-        "the merchant purse live-updates on PLAYER_MONEY"
-    );
-    assert!(s.errors().is_empty(), "script errors: {:?}", s.errors());
-}
+// ── `money_display_shrinks_to_content_and_stays_flush` RETIRED (1751) ────────────────────────
+//
+// It pinned `BenillaMoney_Set`'s geometry inside OUR `MerchantFrame.xml`: price groups left-flush
+// at `rowLeft + 46`, the purse right-flush at window-right −53, denominations packed with the real
+// 4px `MONEY_BUTTON_SPACING`. The 46 was a director call — 2px of breathing room off the plate
+// border where the reference quotes 44 — and it was a fact about a file we no longer ship.
+//
+// The reference's vendor rows use `SmallMoneyFrameTemplate` and `MoneyFrame_Update`, a different
+// kit with its own geometry. **The rules the test protected are not lost**: the shrink, the
+// collapse and the per-type `showSmallerCoins`/`fixedWidth` behaviour are `money_frame_tests.rs`'s
+// subject, against the kit that now draws these rows. What is gone is the merchant-specific pixel
+// geometry, which had nothing left to describe.
+//
+// **The vendor window's coin columns therefore look different now** — the reference's spacing, not
+// our approved 2px indent. Said here rather than left inside a changed constant.
 
 /// The merchant/buyback tab pair drives the two pages (ref MerchantFrame_Update l.57-64 +
 /// UpdateMerchantInfo/UpdateBuybackInfo): the merchant page shows the single most-recent buyback
@@ -929,11 +811,10 @@ fn money_display_shrinks_to_content_and_stays_flush() {
 fn merchant_tabs_drive_buyback_page_and_repair_pair() {
     let mut s = UiScript::new().unwrap();
     s.set_screen_size(1024.0, 768.0);
-    load_xml(&s, "Fonts.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "MoneyFrame.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "UiPanels.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "GameTooltip.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    for f in super::test_ui::MERCHANT_UI {
+        load_xml(&s, f);
+    }
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
     s.set_money(500);
 
     let buyback_item = |name: &str, price: u32| MerchantItem {
@@ -990,17 +871,19 @@ fn merchant_tabs_drive_buyback_page_and_repair_pair() {
         .unwrap());
 
     // The slot click buys back the most recent sale (slot 2 of 2).
-    s.run("BenillaMerchantBuyBackItem_OnClick()").unwrap();
+    // The stock row is a container plus a `$parentItemButton` that takes the mouse on its
+    // behalf — the split the retired flag-gate entries used to record as our divergence.
+    s.run("MerchantBuyBackItemItemButton:Click()").unwrap();
     assert_eq!(s.take_merchant_buybacks(), vec![2]);
 
     // Repair-all queues its intent.
-    s.run("BenillaMerchantRepairAllButton_OnClick()").unwrap();
+    s.run("MerchantRepairAllButton:Click()").unwrap();
     assert!(s.take_repair_all());
     s.take_sounds();
 
     // Tab 2: the buyback page — retitled, rows off GetBuybackItemInfo, merchant-only pieces down,
     // buyback art up, tab 2 selected (its Active slices showing).
-    s.run("BenillaMerchantFrameTab_OnClick(2)").unwrap();
+    s.run("MerchantFrameTab2:Click()").unwrap();
     assert!(s.errors().is_empty(), "tab errors: {:?}", s.errors());
     assert!(s
         .eval::<bool>("return MerchantNameText:GetText() == 'Merchant Buyback'")
@@ -1026,12 +909,12 @@ fn merchant_tabs_drive_buyback_page_and_repair_pair() {
         .unwrap());
 
     // A row click on the buyback page buys that slot back.
-    s.run("BenillaMerchantItem_OnClick(MerchantItem1, 'LeftButton')")
+    s.run("MerchantItem1ItemButton:Click(\"LeftButton\")")
         .unwrap();
     assert_eq!(s.take_merchant_buybacks(), vec![1]);
 
     // Back to tab 1: the merchant row returns, the buyback art drops.
-    s.run("BenillaMerchantFrameTab_OnClick(1)").unwrap();
+    s.run("MerchantFrameTab1:Click()").unwrap();
     assert!(s
         .eval::<bool>(
             "return MerchantItem1Name:GetText() == 'Refreshing Spring Water' \
@@ -1049,11 +932,10 @@ fn merchant_tabs_drive_buyback_page_and_repair_pair() {
 fn merchant_tabs_fit_their_labels() {
     let mut s = UiScript::new().unwrap();
     s.set_screen_size(1024.0, 768.0);
-    load_xml(&s, "Fonts.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "MoneyFrame.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "UiPanels.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "GameTooltip.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    for f in super::test_ui::MERCHANT_UI {
+        load_xml(&s, f);
+    }
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
     s.set_money(0);
     s.set_merchant(Some(MerchantState::default()));
     s.fire_event("MERCHANT_SHOW", vec![ScriptValue::Str("Vendor".into())]);
@@ -1091,7 +973,7 @@ fn merchant_tabs_fit_their_labels() {
 
 /// Hovering a buy-tab row arms the vendor **Buy** cursor (the grayed **UnableBuy** when you can't
 /// afford the row), swaps to **Inspect** while Ctrl is held, and clears on leave — the whole reason
-/// this window exists to a first-time visitor. Drives the real `BenillaMerchantItem_OnEnter` +
+/// this window exists to a first-time visitor. Drives the stock row button's own `<OnEnter>` +
 /// the frame's `OnUpdate` (a `tick`) exactly as the app does, since the coin is re-armed per frame.
 #[test]
 fn shipped_merchant_frame_arms_the_buy_cursor_on_hover() {
@@ -1099,11 +981,10 @@ fn shipped_merchant_frame_arms_the_buy_cursor_on_hover() {
 
     let mut s = UiScript::new().unwrap();
     s.set_screen_size(1024.0, 768.0);
-    load_xml(&s, "Fonts.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "MoneyFrame.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "UiPanels.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "GameTooltip.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    for f in super::test_ui::MERCHANT_UI {
+        load_xml(&s, f);
+    }
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
 
     // A purse of 50c: row 1 (25c) is affordable, row 2 (100c) is not.
     s.set_money(50);
@@ -1139,7 +1020,10 @@ fn shipped_merchant_frame_arms_the_buy_cursor_on_hover() {
     assert_eq!(s.ui_cursor(), None, "no override before any hover");
 
     // Row 1 hover: OnEnter remembers the row, the frame's OnUpdate arms the coin — affordable → Buy.
-    s.run("BenillaMerchantItem_OnEnter(MerchantItem1)").unwrap();
+    // The stock `<OnEnter>` is inline on the row button, so it is fired the way the engine
+    // fires it: `this` bound, then the compiled handler.
+    s.run("this = MerchantItem1ItemButton MerchantItem1ItemButton:GetScript(\"OnEnter\")() this = nil")
+        .unwrap();
     s.tick(0.016);
     assert!(s.errors().is_empty(), "hover errors: {:?}", s.errors());
     assert_eq!(
@@ -1159,12 +1043,14 @@ fn shipped_merchant_frame_arms_the_buy_cursor_on_hover() {
     s.set_modifiers(false, false, false);
 
     // Leaving clears the override (OnLeave ResetCursor + the itemHover poll stops).
-    s.run("BenillaMerchantItem_OnLeave(MerchantItem1)").unwrap();
+    s.run("this = MerchantItem1ItemButton MerchantItem1ItemButton:GetScript(\"OnLeave\")() this = nil")
+        .unwrap();
     s.tick(0.016);
     assert_eq!(s.ui_cursor(), None, "leaving the row resets the cursor");
 
     // Row 2 hover: 100c against a 50c purse → the grayed UnableBuy.
-    s.run("BenillaMerchantItem_OnEnter(MerchantItem2)").unwrap();
+    s.run("this = MerchantItem2ItemButton MerchantItem2ItemButton:GetScript(\"OnEnter\")() this = nil")
+        .unwrap();
     s.tick(0.016);
     assert_eq!(
         s.ui_cursor(),
@@ -1188,11 +1074,10 @@ fn shipped_merchant_frame_arms_the_buy_cursor_on_hover() {
 fn trade_recipient_money_renders_the_digit_not_ellipsis() {
     let mut s = UiScript::new().unwrap();
     s.set_screen_size(1024.0, 768.0);
-    load_xml(&s, "Fonts.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "MoneyFrame.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "UiPanels.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "GameTooltip.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml"); // the BenillaMoney_* helpers
+    for f in super::test_ui::MERCHANT_UI {
+        load_xml(&s, f);
+    }
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml"); // the BenillaMoney_* helpers
     load_xml(&s, "TradeFrame.xml");
     s.set_text_measurer(Box::new(super::FixedWidthFont(6.0)));
 
@@ -1244,13 +1129,12 @@ fn ctrl_and_shift_on_a_vendor_row_preview_and_post_without_buying() {
     const WATER_LINK: &str = "|cffffffff|Hitem:159:0:0:0|h[Refreshing Spring Water]|h|r";
     let mut s = UiScript::new().unwrap();
     s.set_screen_size(1024.0, 768.0);
+    for f in super::test_ui::MERCHANT_UI {
+        load_xml(&s, f);
+    }
     for file in [
-        "Fonts.xml",
-        "MoneyFrame.xml",
-        "UiPanels.xml",
         "UIParent.xml", // BenillaChatEdit_InsertLink, the shared shift-insert helper
-        "GameTooltip.xml",
-        "MerchantFrame.xml",
+        "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml",
         "DressUpFrame.xml",
         "Interface\\FrameXML\\UIMenu.xml", // the kit ChatMenu/EmoteMenu/VoiceMacroMenu build from
         "ChatFrame.xml",
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/options_tests.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/options_tests.rs
index 1bbc0c70..fa0a1943 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/options_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/options_tests.rs
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ fn interface_harness() -> UiScript {
             "ActionBar.xml",
             "ScrollTemplates.xml",
             "Interface\\FrameXML\\BuffFrame.xml",
-            "MerchantFrame.xml",
+            "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml",
             "QuestFrame.xml",
             "QuestLogFrame.xml",
         ],
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/panel_tests.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/panel_tests.rs
index 495ddb0c..b6cdbcee 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/panel_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/panel_tests.rs
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ fn frame_rect(quads: &[ExtractedQuad], w: f32, h: f32) -> benilla_ui::layout::Re
 fn shipped_gossip_frame_drives_end_to_end() {
     let mut s = UiScript::new().unwrap();
     s.set_screen_size(1024.0, 768.0);
+    // A measurer: `GossipResize` reads `GetTextHeight()` on the line after `SetText`, so a bare
+    // VM sizes every row from the previous frame's box. See
+    // `shipped_gossip_rows_grow_to_their_wrapped_labels` for why this is a harness gap and not an
+    // engine one.
+    s.set_text_measurer(Box::new(super::FixedWidthFont(6.0)));
     load_xml(&s, "MoneyFrame.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "UiPanels.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "ScrollTemplates.xml"); // the shared scroll kit the window rides
@@ -54,9 +59,9 @@ fn shipped_gossip_frame_drives_end_to_end() {
     // button + the GOODBYE button. The greeting and the NPC-name banner are FontString layers (the
     // real GossipGreetingText ref l.241 / GossipFrameNpcNameText ref l.170) — not their own frames.
     assert_eq!(
-        load_xml(&s, "GossipFrame.xml"),
-        41,
-        "window + greeting panel + scroll + bar (+2 arrows) + child + 32 rows + close + goodbye"
+        load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\GossipFrame.xml"),
+        43,
+        "the stock file's own shape (1751) — ours materialized 41"
     );
 
     // Hidden by default: no gossip icon on screen.
@@ -101,8 +106,18 @@ fn shipped_gossip_frame_drives_end_to_end() {
             .unwrap(),
         "Greetings, traveler. How may I help you?"
     );
-    // Row 1 shown + enabled; row 2 shown + disabled (coded); row 3+ hidden (no quest rows this menu,
-    // so the shared pool starts filling from option 1 at row 1 — decision 0088 §3).
+    // Both rows shown and BOTH ENABLED — including the coded one, and that is a divergence
+    // retiring rather than a regression.
+    //
+    // Our `GossipFrame.xml` greyed a coded option, on decision 0081's "coded options are greyed,
+    // never selected". **1.12 does no such thing**: `GossipFrameOptionsUpdate` (ref l.111-128) has
+    // no coded handling at all — it sets the text, resizes, sets the icon from the option TYPE and
+    // shows. There is no `Disable()` anywhere in the file.
+    //
+    // The consequence is worth naming: a coded option is now clickable, and our
+    // `GossipSelectOption` still sends no code (0081 v1). The server sees a select without the
+    // code it asked for. That is a named gap in the send path, not something the window should be
+    // lying about — the reference lets you click it.
     let states: (bool, bool, bool, bool) = s
         .eval(
             "return GossipTitleButton1:IsVisible(), GossipTitleButton1:IsEnabled() ~= 0,\n\
@@ -111,8 +126,8 @@ fn shipped_gossip_frame_drives_end_to_end() {
         .unwrap();
     assert_eq!(
         states,
-        (true, true, false, false),
-        "coded row disabled, extras hidden"
+        (true, true, true, false),
+        "the reference greys nothing; extras hidden"
     );
 
     s.resolve();
@@ -177,8 +192,14 @@ fn shipped_gossip_frame_drives_end_to_end() {
     let icon_rect = quads
         .iter()
         .find(|q| {
+            // Case-folded, because the reference concatenates the option TYPE verbatim into
+            // `Interface\GossipFrame\<Type>GossipIcon` and our `GetGossipOptions` answers the
+            // lowercase Era icon name. The asset VFS folds case, so the art loads either way; only
+            // the path STRING differs, and our own `GossipFrame.xml` used to capitalise it before
+            // building the path. Whether 1.12's own binding answers lowercase or capitalised is an
+            // open fidelity question, not something to settle by editing the feed to match a test.
             matches!(&q.content, QuadContent::Texture { path: Some(p), .. }
-                    if p.contains("VendorGossipIcon"))
+                    if p.to_ascii_lowercase().contains("vendorgossipicon"))
         })
         .and_then(|q| q.rect)
         .expect("vendor option icon visible after GOSSIP_SHOW");
@@ -203,7 +224,7 @@ fn shipped_gossip_frame_drives_end_to_end() {
 
     // The close button queues a close intent (the app clears state; here we drive the hide too)
     // through HideUIPanel, which vacates the left slot.
-    s.run("BenillaGossipCloseButton_OnClick()").unwrap();
+    s.run("GossipFrameCloseButton:Click()").unwrap();
     assert!(s.take_gossip_close());
     assert!(!s.eval::<bool>("return GossipFrame:IsVisible()").unwrap());
     assert!(
@@ -231,7 +252,7 @@ fn shipped_gossip_frame_renders_quest_rows_above_options() {
                                          // optional: a missing template is a loader *warning*, not an error, so an under-loaded
                                          // list passes load_xml and then loses the scrollbar silently.
     load_xml(&s, "UIPanelTemplates.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "GossipFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\GossipFrame.xml");
 
     s.set_gossip(Some(GossipMenu {
         greeting: "A word, traveler.".into(),
@@ -259,20 +280,24 @@ fn shipped_gossip_frame_renders_quest_rows_above_options() {
     // Rows 1-2 carry the quest titles (active first, matching the order the menu supplied them —
     // benilla's seam already flattens available/active into one ordered list, ui_gossip.rs), row 3
     // the option, row 4+ hidden.
-    let (r1_text, r1_vis, r2_text, r2_vis, r3_text, r3_vis, r4_vis): (
+    let (r1_text, r1_vis, r2_vis, r3_text, r3_vis, r4_vis, r5_text, r5_vis, r6_vis): (
         String,
         bool,
+        bool,
         String,
         bool,
+        bool,
         String,
         bool,
         bool,
     ) = s
         .eval(
-            "return GossipTitleButton1Label:GetText(), GossipTitleButton1:IsVisible(),\n\
-                        GossipTitleButton2Label:GetText(), GossipTitleButton2:IsVisible(),\n\
-                        GossipTitleButton3Label:GetText(), GossipTitleButton3:IsVisible(),\n\
-                        GossipTitleButton4:IsVisible()",
+            "return GossipTitleButton1:GetText(), GossipTitleButton1:IsVisible(),\n\
+                        GossipTitleButton2:IsVisible(),\n\
+                        GossipTitleButton3:GetText(), GossipTitleButton3:IsVisible(),\n\
+                        GossipTitleButton4:IsVisible(),\n\
+                        GossipTitleButton5:GetText(), GossipTitleButton5:IsVisible(),\n\
+                        GossipTitleButton6:IsVisible()",
         )
         .unwrap();
     // **AVAILABLE quests lead, then ACTIVE** — the reference's own order (`GossipFrameUpdate` calls
@@ -280,14 +305,24 @@ fn shipped_gossip_frame_renders_quest_rows_above_options() {
     // this window started reading the reference's two list verbs instead of the single ordered
     // `GetGossipQuestInfo` benilla invented. The packet listed the active quest first; the window
     // does not.
+    // **Each group is followed by a HIDDEN SPACER row, and the button index skips it** — the
+    // reference's own layout, and something our `GossipFrame.xml` did not do. Both
+    // `GossipFrameAvailableQuestsUpdate` and `…ActiveQuestsUpdate` end by hiding
+    // `GossipTitleButton<buttonIndex>` and then incrementing past it (ref l.80-84, l.104-108), so
+    // the groups are separated by a blank row's worth of space rather than butting together.
+    //
+    // With one available quest, one active and one option that lays out as:
+    //   1 available · 2 hidden spacer · 3 active · 4 hidden spacer · 5 option · 6+ hidden.
     assert_eq!((r1_text.as_str(), r1_vis), ("A Threat Within", true));
-    assert_eq!((r2_text.as_str(), r2_vis), ("Report to Goldshire", true));
+    assert!(!r2_vis, "the available group's trailing spacer");
+    assert_eq!((r3_text.as_str(), r3_vis), ("Report to Goldshire", true));
+    assert!(!r4_vis, "the active group's trailing spacer");
     assert_eq!(
-        (r3_text.as_str(), r3_vis),
+        (r5_text.as_str(), r5_vis),
         ("Let me browse your goods.", true),
-        "the option row sits below both quest rows"
+        "the option row sits below both quest groups"
     );
-    assert!(!r4_vis, "no fourth row: 2 quests + 1 option");
+    assert!(!r6_vis, "nothing past the option row");
 
     // The per-row icon matches active vs available (ref l.75/99), verified via the resolved quads
     // rather than the Lua-side texture string, so the assertion also proves the rows actually paint.
@@ -331,8 +366,8 @@ fn shipped_gossip_frame_renders_quest_rows_above_options() {
     // that back to the whole-menu position the app's queue speaks — 1, the packet's own order. The
     // two numbers being different for the same click is exactly what the single-list
     // `SelectGossipQuest` we retired could not express.
-    s.run("BenillaGossipRow_OnClick(GossipTitleButton2)")
-        .unwrap();
+    // Button 3, not 2: the reference's hidden spacer sits at 2 (see the layout note above).
+    s.run("GossipTitleButton3:Click()").unwrap();
     assert_eq!(s.take_gossip_quest_selects(), vec![1]);
     assert!(
         s.take_gossip_selects().is_empty(),
@@ -355,6 +390,17 @@ fn shipped_gossip_frame_renders_quest_rows_above_options() {
 fn shipped_gossip_rows_grow_to_their_wrapped_labels() {
     let mut s = UiScript::new().unwrap();
     s.set_screen_size(1024.0, 768.0);
+    // **A measurer, because the reference measures inside the tick it sets the text.**
+    // `GossipResize` reads `titleButton:GetTextHeight()` on the line after `SetText`
+    // (`GossipFrame.lua:130-137`), and without a `TextMeasure` installed a bare VM answers the
+    // PREVIOUS frame's box — the row comes out 2px tall.
+    //
+    // This is what deferred the gossip window through 1751: it was read as "our measurement is a
+    // frame late", an engine gap. It is not. `UiScript::fill_measures` closes the loop inline
+    // whenever a measurer is installed, which the app always does
+    // (`ui_script::extract`'s `AtlasMeasurer`); only a bare test VM does not. The gap was in the
+    // harness, and it hid behind a window we had written to measure a frame later.
+    s.set_text_measurer(Box::new(super::FixedWidthFont(6.0)));
     load_xml(&s, "MoneyFrame.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "UiPanels.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "ScrollTemplates.xml"); // the shared scroll kit the window rides
@@ -362,7 +408,7 @@ fn shipped_gossip_rows_grow_to_their_wrapped_labels() {
                                          // optional: a missing template is a loader *warning*, not an error, so an under-loaded
                                          // list passes load_xml and then loses the scrollbar silently.
     load_xml(&s, "UIPanelTemplates.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "GossipFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\GossipFrame.xml");
 
     // Three long options — the shape of a real judgement/roleplay menu, every one of them wrapping
     // at the row label's 275 px width.
@@ -424,7 +470,7 @@ fn shipped_gossip_rows_grow_to_their_wrapped_labels() {
     let row = |i: u32| -> (f32, f32, f32) {
         s.eval::<(f32, f32, f32)>(&format!(
             "return GossipTitleButton{i}:GetTop(), GossipTitleButton{i}:GetBottom(), \
-             GossipTitleButton{i}Label:GetHeight()"
+             GossipTitleButton{i}:GetTextHeight()"
         ))
         .unwrap()
     };
@@ -473,7 +519,7 @@ fn gossip_show_hide_plays_open_and_close_kits() {
                                          // optional: a missing template is a loader *warning*, not an error, so an under-loaded
                                          // list passes load_xml and then loses the scrollbar silently.
     load_xml(&s, "UIPanelTemplates.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "GossipFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\GossipFrame.xml");
 
     // Hidden at load: no open sound (never transitions on startup).
     assert!(
@@ -514,9 +560,14 @@ fn shipped_panel_slot_replaces_gossip_with_merchant() {
                                          // optional: a missing template is a loader *warning*, not an error, so an under-loaded
                                          // list passes load_xml and then loses the scrollbar silently.
     load_xml(&s, "UIPanelTemplates.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "GossipFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\GossipFrame.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "GameTooltip.xml"); // app load order: tooltip before merchant
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+                                     // The vendor window is the reference's own since 1751, and its `MerchantFrame_UpdateMerchantInfo`
+                                     // calls `TEXT()` while building every row — see `test_ui::MERCHANT_UI` for the rest.
+    for f in super::test_ui::MERCHANT_UI {
+        load_xml(&s, f);
+    }
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
 
     s.set_gossip(Some(GossipMenu {
         greeting: "Well met.".into(),
@@ -601,9 +652,14 @@ fn displacing_an_npc_window_ends_the_displaced_session() {
                                          // optional: a missing template is a loader *warning*, not an error, so an under-loaded
                                          // list passes load_xml and then loses the scrollbar silently.
     load_xml(&s, "UIPanelTemplates.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "GossipFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\GossipFrame.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "GameTooltip.xml"); // app load order: tooltip before merchant
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+                                     // The vendor window is the reference's own since 1751, and its `MerchantFrame_UpdateMerchantInfo`
+                                     // calls `TEXT()` while building every row — see `test_ui::MERCHANT_UI` for the rest.
+    for f in super::test_ui::MERCHANT_UI {
+        load_xml(&s, f);
+    }
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
 
     // Vendor open at the left slot; clear any startup/open intents.
     s.set_merchant(Some(MerchantState::default()));
@@ -648,7 +704,12 @@ fn shipped_panel_slot_pushable_promotes_to_center() {
     load_xml(&s, "MoneyFrame.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "UiPanels.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "GameTooltip.xml"); // app load order: tooltip before merchant
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+                                     // The vendor window is the reference's own since 1751, and its `MerchantFrame_UpdateMerchantInfo`
+                                     // calls `TEXT()` while building every row — see `test_ui::MERCHANT_UI` for the rest.
+    for f in super::test_ui::MERCHANT_UI {
+        load_xml(&s, f);
+    }
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
 
     // The synthetic pushable=7 loot stand-in opens first onto the empty left slot. `CreateFrame`
     // frames start shown by default (matching the real client) — every shipped panel frame is
@@ -754,7 +815,7 @@ fn gossip_bank_option_hands_the_left_slot_to_the_bank() {
                                              // and UIPanelButtonTemplate, and an `inherits=` is resolved at LOAD.
         load_xml(&s, "UIPanelTemplates.xml");
         load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\BankFrame.xml");
-        load_xml(&s, "GossipFrame.xml");
+        load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\GossipFrame.xml");
 
         // The gossip menu is open on the banker (its bank option showing).
         s.set_gossip(Some(GossipMenu {
@@ -818,11 +879,16 @@ fn gossip_bank_option_hands_the_left_slot_to_the_bank() {
 fn an_overflowing_gossip_menu_scrolls_instead_of_spilling() {
     let mut s = UiScript::new().unwrap();
     s.set_screen_size(1024.0, 768.0);
+    // A measurer: `GossipResize` reads `GetTextHeight()` on the line after `SetText`, so a bare
+    // VM sizes every row from the previous frame's box. See
+    // `shipped_gossip_rows_grow_to_their_wrapped_labels` for why this is a harness gap and not an
+    // engine one.
+    s.set_text_measurer(Box::new(super::FixedWidthFont(6.0)));
     load_xml(&s, "MoneyFrame.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "UiPanels.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "ScrollTemplates.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "UIPanelTemplates.xml"); // UIPanelScrollFrameTemplate — see the note above
-    load_xml(&s, "GossipFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\GossipFrame.xml");
 
     // Eight wrapping options: ~4 lines each, far past the 334 px scroll frame.
     let long = |n: usize| GossipOptionView {
@@ -863,7 +929,14 @@ fn an_overflowing_gossip_menu_scrolls_instead_of_spilling() {
     s.resolve();
     assert!(s.errors().is_empty(), "script errors: {:?}", s.errors());
 
-    // The child grew past the 334 px frame, so there is a range to scroll …
+    // There is a range to scroll — which is the property that matters and the one the window
+    // exists to have.
+    //
+    // The child's own HEIGHT is no longer part of the assertion. Ours grew it past the 334px frame
+    // in `BenillaGossipFrame_SizeScrollChild`, a helper the reference does not have: stock leaves
+    // the scroll child at the frame's size and lets the rows' own extents drive the range. So the
+    // child measures 334 and the range is non-zero, where ours had both. Asserting the range alone
+    // is asserting the behaviour rather than one implementation's way of reaching it.
     let (child_h, range): (f32, f32) = s
         .eval(
             "return GossipGreetingScrollChildFrame:GetHeight(), \
@@ -871,8 +944,8 @@ fn an_overflowing_gossip_menu_scrolls_instead_of_spilling() {
         )
         .unwrap();
     assert!(
-        child_h > 334.0 && range > 0.0,
-        "content overflows the 334px frame: child {child_h}, range {range}"
+        range > 0.0,
+        "the overflowing menu has somewhere to scroll: child {child_h}, range {range}"
     );
     // … and the bar is up for it (it stays hidden when everything fits — the fit case is covered by
     // `shipped_gossip_frame_drives_end_to_end`'s two-option menu).
@@ -969,7 +1042,7 @@ fn an_addons_own_frame_registered_in_uipanelwindows_takes_the_left_slot() {
     load_xml(&s, "UiPanels.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "ScrollTemplates.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "UIPanelTemplates.xml"); // UIPanelScrollFrameTemplate — see the note above
-    load_xml(&s, "GossipFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\GossipFrame.xml");
 
     // The addon's three lines, in the order an addon writes them.
     s.run(
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/quest_tests.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/quest_tests.rs
index 98ca1ce4..4b73509b 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/quest_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/quest_tests.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ fn questgiver_show_hide_plays_open_and_close_kits() {
     load_xml(&s, "UiPanels.xml");
     // The BenillaMoney_* purse helpers the quest reward/progress panels repaint through live in
     // MerchantFrame.xml (the same documented cross-window dep the bag tests load).
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "ScrollTemplates.xml"); // the shared scroll kit the window rides
     load_xml(&s, "QuestFrame.xml");
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ fn panel_events_show_exactly_one_child_panel_and_hide_the_others() {
     load_xml(&s, "Fonts.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "MoneyFrame.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "UiPanels.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "ScrollTemplates.xml"); // the shared scroll kit the window rides
     load_xml(&s, "QuestFrame.xml");
 
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ fn detail_panel_reward_grid_follows_the_refs_two_per_row_layout() {
     load_xml(&s, "Fonts.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "MoneyFrame.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "UiPanels.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "ScrollTemplates.xml"); // the shared scroll kit the window rides
     load_xml(&s, "QuestFrame.xml");
 
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ fn reward_panel_choice_click_selects_and_completes_with_zero_based_index() {
     load_xml(&s, "Fonts.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "MoneyFrame.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "UiPanels.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "ScrollTemplates.xml"); // the shared scroll kit the window rides
     load_xml(&s, "QuestFrame.xml");
 
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ fn greeting_goodbye_button_closes_the_window() {
     load_xml(&s, "Fonts.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "MoneyFrame.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "UiPanels.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "ScrollTemplates.xml"); // the shared scroll kit the window rides
     load_xml(&s, "QuestFrame.xml");
 
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ fn detail_panel_action_buttons_resolve_to_real_onscreen_rects() {
     load_xml(&s, "Fonts.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "MoneyFrame.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "UiPanels.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "ScrollTemplates.xml"); // the shared scroll kit the window rides
     load_xml(&s, "QuestFrame.xml");
     s.set_quest(Some(QuestState {
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ fn write_on_still_fades_when_instant_text_is_off() {
     load_xml(&s, "Fonts.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "MoneyFrame.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "UiPanels.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "ScrollTemplates.xml"); // the shared scroll kit the window rides
     load_xml(&s, "QuestFrame.xml");
     s.eval::<()>(r#"QUEST_FADING_DISABLE = "0""#).unwrap();
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ fn npc_name_reaches_the_title_bar_on_open_and_on_refresh() {
     load_xml(&s, "Fonts.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "MoneyFrame.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "UiPanels.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "ScrollTemplates.xml"); // the shared scroll kit the window rides
     load_xml(&s, "QuestFrame.xml");
 
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ fn greeting_panel_title_rows_grow_to_their_wrapped_titles() {
     load_xml(&s, "Fonts.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "MoneyFrame.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "UiPanels.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "ScrollTemplates.xml"); // the shared scroll kit the window rides
     load_xml(&s, "QuestFrame.xml");
 
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ fn reward_rows_preview_and_post_without_selecting_the_choice() {
     load_xml(&s, "Fonts.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "MoneyFrame.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "UiPanels.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "ScrollTemplates.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "QuestFrame.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "UIParent.xml"); // BenillaChatEdit_InsertLink lives here
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/questlog_tests.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/questlog_tests.rs
index 52062eff..178b8c5b 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/questlog_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/questlog_tests.rs
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ fn shipped_questlog_frame_loads_clean() {
     load_xml(&s, "Fonts.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "MoneyFrame.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "UiPanels.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
     // ScrollTemplates.xml + UIPanelTemplates.xml are NOT optional: the detail pane inherits
     // UIPanelScrollFrameTemplate, and a MISSING template is a loader *warning*, not an error —
     // an under-loaded list passes load_xml and then loses the wheel, the arrows and the bar
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ fn shipped_questlog_frame_drives_end_to_end() {
     load_xml(&s, "Fonts.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "MoneyFrame.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "UiPanels.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
     // ScrollTemplates.xml + UIPanelTemplates.xml are NOT optional: the detail pane inherits
     // UIPanelScrollFrameTemplate, and a MISSING template is a loader *warning*, not an error —
     // an under-loaded list passes load_xml and then loses the wheel, the arrows and the bar
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ fn shift_click_toggles_the_watch_checkbox_and_the_tracker_hud() {
     load_xml(&s, "Fonts.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "MoneyFrame.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "UiPanels.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
     // ScrollTemplates.xml + UIPanelTemplates.xml are NOT optional: the detail pane inherits
     // UIPanelScrollFrameTemplate, and a MISSING template is a loader *warning*, not an error —
     // an under-loaded list passes load_xml and then loses the wheel, the arrows and the bar
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ fn watch_guards_no_op_without_erroring() {
     load_xml(&s, "Fonts.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "MoneyFrame.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "UiPanels.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\UIErrorsFrame.xml"); // the guards' red-line surface
                                                             // ScrollTemplates.xml + UIPanelTemplates.xml are NOT optional: the detail pane inherits
                                                             // UIPanelScrollFrameTemplate, and a MISSING template is a loader *warning*, not an error —
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ fn progress_auto_watches_for_five_minutes() {
     load_xml(&s, "Fonts.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "MoneyFrame.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "UiPanels.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
     // ScrollTemplates.xml + UIPanelTemplates.xml are NOT optional: the detail pane inherits
     // UIPanelScrollFrameTemplate, and a MISSING template is a loader *warning*, not an error —
     // an under-loaded list passes load_xml and then loses the wheel, the arrows and the bar
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ fn the_auto_watch_flag_is_the_references_uvar_and_gates_the_watch() {
     load_xml(&s, "Fonts.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "MoneyFrame.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "UiPanels.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
     // ScrollTemplates.xml + UIPanelTemplates.xml are NOT optional: the detail pane inherits
     // UIPanelScrollFrameTemplate, and a MISSING template is a loader *warning*, not an error —
     // an under-loaded list passes load_xml and then loses the wheel, the arrows and the bar
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ fn empty_quest_log_hides_rows_and_disables_abandon() {
     load_xml(&s, "Fonts.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "MoneyFrame.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "UiPanels.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
     // ScrollTemplates.xml + UIPanelTemplates.xml are NOT optional: the detail pane inherits
     // UIPanelScrollFrameTemplate, and a MISSING template is a loader *warning*, not an error —
     // an under-loaded list passes load_xml and then loses the wheel, the arrows and the bar
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ fn reward_rows_follow_the_refs_two_per_row_layout() {
     load_xml(&s, "Fonts.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "MoneyFrame.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "UiPanels.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
     // ScrollTemplates.xml + UIPanelTemplates.xml are NOT optional: the detail pane inherits
     // UIPanelScrollFrameTemplate, and a MISSING template is a loader *warning*, not an error —
     // an under-loaded list passes load_xml and then loses the wheel, the arrows and the bar
@@ -811,7 +811,7 @@ fn overflowing_detail_content_clips_to_the_scrollframe_rect() {
     load_xml(&s, "Fonts.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "MoneyFrame.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "UiPanels.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
     // ScrollTemplates.xml + UIPanelTemplates.xml are NOT optional: the detail pane inherits
     // UIPanelScrollFrameTemplate, and a MISSING template is a loader *warning*, not an error —
     // an under-loaded list passes load_xml and then loses the wheel, the arrows and the bar
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ fn wheel_over_the_detail_pane_changes_vertical_scroll() {
     load_xml(&s, "Fonts.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "MoneyFrame.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "UiPanels.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
     // ScrollTemplates.xml + UIPanelTemplates.xml are NOT optional: the detail pane inherits
     // UIPanelScrollFrameTemplate, and a MISSING template is a loader *warning*, not an error —
     // an under-loaded list passes load_xml and then loses the wheel, the arrows and the bar
@@ -919,7 +919,7 @@ fn selection_change_resets_detail_scroll_but_a_quest_log_update_refresh_does_not
     load_xml(&s, "Fonts.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "MoneyFrame.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "UiPanels.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
     // ScrollTemplates.xml + UIPanelTemplates.xml are NOT optional: the detail pane inherits
     // UIPanelScrollFrameTemplate, and a MISSING template is a loader *warning*, not an error —
     // an under-loaded list passes load_xml and then loses the wheel, the arrows and the bar
@@ -982,7 +982,7 @@ fn reward_row_hover_serves_the_shared_item_tooltip() {
     // Fonts.xml alone is the source now. Formerly: it
     // needs the dropdown kit its GroupLootDropDown initializes against (benilla.toc l.64 vs 383).
     load_xml(&s, "UIDropDownMenu.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
     // ScrollTemplates.xml + UIPanelTemplates.xml are NOT optional: the detail pane inherits
     // UIPanelScrollFrameTemplate, and a MISSING template is a loader *warning*, not an error —
     // an under-loaded list passes load_xml and then loses the wheel, the arrows and the bar
@@ -1116,7 +1116,7 @@ fn reward_rows_preview_and_post_and_a_plain_click_stays_inert() {
     load_xml(&s, "Fonts.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "MoneyFrame.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "UiPanels.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
     // ScrollTemplates.xml + UIPanelTemplates.xml are NOT optional: the detail pane inherits
     // UIPanelScrollFrameTemplate, and a MISSING template is a loader *warning*, not an error —
     // an under-loaded list passes load_xml and then loses the wheel, the arrows and the bar
@@ -1196,7 +1196,7 @@ fn shift_click_on_a_title_posts_the_quest_name_with_chat_open_and_watches_with_i
     load_xml(&s, "Fonts.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "MoneyFrame.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "UiPanels.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
     // ScrollTemplates.xml + UIPanelTemplates.xml are NOT optional: the detail pane inherits
     // UIPanelScrollFrameTemplate, and a MISSING template is a loader *warning*, not an error —
     // an under-loaded list passes load_xml and then loses the wheel, the arrows and the bar
@@ -1287,7 +1287,7 @@ fn share_quest_needs_both_a_sharable_selection_and_a_party() {
     load_xml(&s, "Fonts.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "MoneyFrame.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "UiPanels.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
     // ScrollTemplates.xml + UIPanelTemplates.xml are NOT optional: the detail pane inherits
     // UIPanelScrollFrameTemplate, and a MISSING template is a loader *warning*, not an error —
     // an under-loaded list passes load_xml and then loses the wheel, the arrows and the bar
@@ -1361,7 +1361,7 @@ fn share_quest_is_dark_on_an_empty_log_even_in_a_party() {
     load_xml(&s, "Fonts.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "MoneyFrame.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "UiPanels.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
     // ScrollTemplates.xml + UIPanelTemplates.xml are NOT optional: the detail pane inherits
     // UIPanelScrollFrameTemplate, and a MISSING template is a loader *warning*, not an error —
     // an under-loaded list passes load_xml and then loses the wheel, the arrows and the bar
@@ -1389,7 +1389,7 @@ fn share_quest_click_queues_the_selected_quests_id() {
     load_xml(&s, "Fonts.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "MoneyFrame.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "UiPanels.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
     // ScrollTemplates.xml + UIPanelTemplates.xml are NOT optional: the detail pane inherits
     // UIPanelScrollFrameTemplate, and a MISSING template is a loader *warning*, not an error —
     // an under-loaded list passes load_xml and then loses the wheel, the arrows and the bar
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/reference_ui.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/reference_ui.rs
index 7efb18a8..6418cc43 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/reference_ui.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/reference_ui.rs
@@ -389,10 +389,17 @@ mod tests {
     /// mostly noise. Here the manifest is loaded first and `_G` is read after, so the answer is
     /// what this client *actually* answers to.
     ///
-    /// **Three columns, and the third one exists because its absence cost a swap.** `engine=` and
-    /// `fx=` read bare `Name(` globals. `method=` reads `:Name(` calls against the method surface
-    /// this engine actually exposes — built by walking `getmetatable(w).__index` over one widget
-    /// of every type, plus the tooltip.
+    /// **Four columns, because a window can be blocked four ways and this could once see one.**
+    /// `engine=` and `fx=` read bare `Name(` globals. `method=` reads `:Name(` calls against the
+    /// method surface this engine actually exposes. `LOAD:` is the stock file loaded on top of our
+    /// manifest in a fresh VM — the same pass [`chain_readiness_report`] makes, run here so the
+    /// answer is in one table.
+    ///
+    /// That last one is 1790, and it is the same mistake as the third column one step later.
+    /// `<LootButton>` and `<TaxiRouteFrame>` are element TAGS: no census of `Name(` or `:Name(`
+    /// can reach them, so `LootFrame.xml` sat in this report's "needs NO engine work" list while
+    /// the readiness probe was printing `4 issue(s)` for it in a different table. Both tables were
+    /// right. Joining them was left to whoever read them, and I read it wrong.
     ///
     /// Until 1787 the method sites were **silently dropped**: a name in neither the engine nor the
     /// FrameXML half of `1.12-globals.tsv` was assumed to be a widget method and skipped, on the
@@ -403,10 +410,15 @@ mod tests {
     /// file loaded, every check passed, and hovering a vendor row would have raised in play. Both
     /// instruments were right about what they measure. Neither measured the window.
     ///
-    /// Two crudenesses remain, stated because they decide how to read the output. Both scans count
-    /// a call inside an XML comment (1.12 comments out whole blocks — `GuildRegistrarFrame`'s
-    /// tabard button is one), so they can over-report; and neither can see a name reached through
-    /// `getglobal`, so they can under-report. The `method=` column is also receiver-blind: it asks
+    /// One crudeness remains, stated because it decides how to read the output: neither scan can
+    /// see a name reached through `getglobal`, so both can under-report.
+    ///
+    /// They no longer over-report on comments. Both counted commented-out calls until 1789 — 1.12
+    /// comments out whole blocks, and `PaperDollFrame.lua:754-756`'s `ShowInventorySellCursor` is
+    /// three commented lines that this report named as that window's last engine gap. A real
+    /// binding, never called, blocking a window that was not blocked. [`strip_comments`] takes
+    /// Lua `--`/`--[[ ]]` and XML `<!-- -->` out first; it does not track string literals, so it
+    /// can only ever under-report, which is the safe direction here. The `method=` column is also receiver-blind: it asks
     /// "does ANY widget type answer to this name", not "does *this* receiver", so a method that
     /// exists on the wrong type still reads as present. It is for ranking work, not for proving a
     /// window done — [`chain_readiness_report`] and the window's own tests are that, and the
@@ -444,6 +456,79 @@ mod tests {
             .into_iter()
             .collect();
 
+        // Strip what is not code before either scan. Both `Name(` and `:Name(` counted calls
+        // inside comments until 1789: the round that built `PickupMerchantItem` also asked wow-re
+        // for `ShowInventorySellCursor`, which this report had named as `PaperDollFrame.xml`'s
+        // last engine gap — and the answer was that stock `PaperDollFrame.lua:754-756` has the
+        // call **commented out**, all three lines. A real binding, never called, blocking a window
+        // that was not blocked.
+        //
+        // Line-based and deliberately simple: Lua `--` to end of line (but not `--[[`, which opens
+        // a block), Lua `--[[ … ]]` blocks, and XML `<!-- … -->` blocks. It does not track string
+        // literals, so a `"--"` inside a string truncates that line — which can only ever cause an
+        // UNDER-report, the safe direction for an instrument that ranks work.
+        let strip_comments = |text: &str| -> String {
+            let mut out = String::with_capacity(text.len());
+            let mut in_xml = false;
+            let mut in_lua_block = false;
+            for line in text.lines() {
+                let mut rest = line;
+                let mut kept = String::new();
+                loop {
+                    if in_xml {
+                        match rest.find("-->") {
+                            Some(i) => {
+                                in_xml = false;
+                                rest = &rest[i + 3..];
+                            }
+                            None => break,
+                        }
+                    } else if in_lua_block {
+                        match rest.find("]]") {
+                            Some(i) => {
+                                in_lua_block = false;
+                                rest = &rest[i + 2..];
+                            }
+                            None => break,
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        let xml = rest.find("<!--");
+                        let lua = rest.find("--");
+                        match (xml, lua) {
+                            (Some(x), Some(l)) if x <= l => {
+                                kept.push_str(&rest[..x]);
+                                in_xml = true;
+                                rest = &rest[x + 4..];
+                            }
+                            (_, Some(l)) => {
+                                kept.push_str(&rest[..l]);
+                                if rest[l..].starts_with("--[[") {
+                                    in_lua_block = true;
+                                    rest = &rest[l + 4..];
+                                } else {
+                                    // A plain `--` comment runs to end of line.
+                                    rest = "";
+                                    break;
+                                }
+                            }
+                            (Some(x), None) => {
+                                kept.push_str(&rest[..x]);
+                                in_xml = true;
+                                rest = &rest[x + 4..];
+                            }
+                            (None, None) => break,
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                if !in_xml && !in_lua_block {
+                    kept.push_str(rest);
+                }
+                out.push_str(&kept);
+                out.push('\n');
+            }
+            out
+        };
+
         // `:Name(` — a method call, receiver unknown.
         let called_methods = |text: &str| -> std::collections::HashSet<String> {
             let b: Vec<char> = text.chars().collect();
@@ -598,8 +683,15 @@ mod tests {
         };
 
         println!("\n=== 1751 gap report — what each unmigrated window would cost ===");
-        #[allow(clippy::type_complexity)] // (engine count, file, engine, fx, method)
-        let mut rows: Vec<(usize, String, Vec<String>, Vec<String>, Vec<String>)> = Vec::new();
+        #[allow(clippy::type_complexity)] // (blockers, file, engine, fx, method, load errors)
+        let mut rows: Vec<(
+            usize,
+            String,
+            Vec<String>,
+            Vec<String>,
+            Vec<String>,
+            Vec<String>,
+        )> = Vec::new();
         for f in &stock {
             if migrated.contains(f) {
                 continue;
@@ -610,6 +702,7 @@ mod tests {
                     text.push_str(&String::from_utf8_lossy(&b));
                 }
             }
+            let text = strip_comments(&text);
             let own: std::collections::HashSet<String> = text
                 .lines()
                 .filter_map(|l| l.trim_start().strip_prefix("function "))
@@ -637,33 +730,69 @@ mod tests {
             }
             // The method half. `own`/`have` do not apply: a method is never a global, so the only
             // question is whether this engine's widgets answer to the name.
+            // …and does it LOAD? A window can be blocked on a global, on a widget method, or on a
+            // widget TYPE — and the two scans above see only the first two. `<LootButton>` and
+            // `<TaxiRouteFrame>` are element tags: nothing in a `Name(` or `:Name(` census can
+            // reach them, and `LootFrame.xml` sat in this report's "needs NO engine work" list
+            // while `chain_readiness_report` was printing `4 issue(s)` for it in another table.
+            //
+            // Both tables were right. Joining them was left to whoever read them, and I got it
+            // wrong (1790). So this one runs the load itself — the same fresh-VM-plus-manifest
+            // pass the readiness probe does — and reports it in the same row.
+            let loads = {
+                let mut probe = UiScript::new().expect("VM");
+                probe.set_screen_size(1024.0, 768.0);
+                let base = super::super::manifest::load_default_ui(&probe);
+                assert!(base.is_empty(), "the shipped manifest itself: {base:#?}");
+                probe.resolve();
+                let before = probe.errors().len();
+                let path = format!("Interface\\FrameXML\\{f}");
+                let addon = super::addon(vec![path.clone()]);
+                let mut said = addon.load_files(&probe, std::slice::from_ref(&path));
+                probe.resolve();
+                said.extend(probe.errors().into_iter().skip(before));
+                said
+            };
+
             let mut asked: Vec<String> = called_methods(&text).into_iter().collect();
             asked.sort();
             let known = answers(&s, &asked);
             let mut meth: Vec<String> = asked.into_iter().filter(|m| !known.contains(m)).collect();
             meth.sort();
-            rows.push((eng.len() + meth.len(), f.clone(), eng, fx, meth));
+            rows.push((
+                eng.len() + meth.len() + loads.len(),
+                f.clone(),
+                eng,
+                fx,
+                meth,
+                loads,
+            ));
         }
         rows.sort_by(|a, b| (a.0, &a.1).cmp(&(b.0, &b.1)));
-        for (n, f, eng, fx, meth) in &rows {
-            println!("{n:>3} engine  {f}");
+        for (n, f, eng, fx, meth, loads) in &rows {
+            println!("{n:>3} blocker(s)  {f}");
             if !eng.is_empty() {
                 println!("            engine: {}", eng.join(" "));
             }
             if !meth.is_empty() {
                 println!("            method: {}", meth.join(" "));
             }
+            for e in loads {
+                let one = e.replace('\n', " ");
+                println!("            LOAD:   {}", &one[..one.len().min(150)]);
+            }
             if !fx.is_empty() {
                 println!("            fx:     {}", fx.join(" "));
             }
         }
-        // "Free" now means free of BOTH — the count above is engine names plus missing methods,
-        // because a window blocked on a widget method is exactly as blocked as one missing a
-        // global, and reading it as free is the mistake 1787 is about.
+        // "Free" means free of ALL THREE. A window blocked on a widget method, or on a widget type
+        // its XML declares, is exactly as blocked as one missing a global — and the `fx=` column
+        // is deliberately NOT counted, because a FrameXML function another stock file defines
+        // arrives with that file rather than needing to be built.
         let free: Vec<&String> = rows.iter().filter(|r| r.0 == 0).map(|r| &r.1).collect();
         println!(
-            "\n=== {} windows need NO engine work at all (no missing global AND no missing \
-             method) ===",
+            "\n=== {} windows are UNBLOCKED — no missing global, no missing method, and the \
+             stock file loads clean on top of our manifest ===",
             free.len()
         );
         for f in free {
@@ -671,6 +800,109 @@ mod tests {
         }
     }
 
+    /// **Every function of ours that shadows one the player's own chain already defines.**
+    ///
+    /// A window that reads unblocked in [`chain_gap_report`] can still fail to swap, and the third
+    /// reason found (after a missing widget type and a missing widget method) is this one: our
+    /// `assets/ui` file defines a global the reference defines too, our manifest loads a CHAIN file
+    /// that also defines it, and whichever lands second wins. `PartyFrame.xml` is the worked
+    /// example — `UnitFrames.xml` redefines `UnitFrame_OnEvent`/`UnitFrame_Update` nine manifest
+    /// lines after stock `UnitFrame.lua` defines them, so a stock party row built by the
+    /// reference's own `UnitFrame_Initialize` calls OUR update and indexes a field its rows do not
+    /// carry. It loads clean and raises on the first event.
+    ///
+    /// Shadowing is not automatically wrong — where we ship a file the reference would have
+    /// shipped, defining its names is the whole job. It is wrong precisely when **both** copies
+    /// load, which is what this reports: a name ours defines that a chain entry in our own
+    /// manifest also defines.
+    ///
+    /// Run it before attempting a swap. It predicts which ones will fail without attempting them.
+    #[test]
+    #[ignore = "instrument: run by hand before attempting a window swap"]
+    fn shadowed_reference_functions() {
+        let _data = benilla_formats::wow_data_or_skip!();
+
+        let defined_in = |text: &str| -> Vec<String> {
+            text.lines()
+                .filter_map(|l| l.trim_start().strip_prefix("function "))
+                .map(|r| {
+                    r.chars()
+                        .take_while(|c| c.is_alphanumeric() || *c == '_')
+                        .collect::<String>()
+                })
+                .filter(|n| !n.is_empty())
+                .collect()
+        };
+
+        // Everything the manifest pulls OFF THE CHAIN, and every name each of those defines —
+        // including the `.lua` a chain `.xml` sources, which is where most of them live.
+        let toc = &super::super::addons::Addon::builtin().toc.files;
+        let pos: std::collections::HashMap<&String, usize> =
+            toc.iter().enumerate().map(|(i, f)| (f, i)).collect();
+        let mut chain_home: std::collections::HashMap<String, (String, usize)> =
+            std::collections::HashMap::new();
+        for entry in toc.iter().filter(|f| super::is_chain_entry(f)) {
+            let leaf = entry.rsplit(['\\', '/']).next().unwrap_or(entry);
+            let mut cands = vec![entry.clone()];
+            if let Some(stem) = entry.strip_suffix(".xml") {
+                cands.push(format!("{stem}.lua"));
+            }
+            for cand in cands {
+                let Some(b) = super::read(&cand.replace('\\', "/")) else {
+                    continue;
+                };
+                let text = String::from_utf8_lossy(&b).into_owned();
+                for name in defined_in(&text) {
+                    let at = pos[entry];
+                    chain_home.entry(name).or_insert_with(|| {
+                        (cand.rsplit('/').next().unwrap_or(leaf).to_string(), at)
+                    });
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        // …against everything OUR files define.
+        let dir = std::path::Path::new(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR")).join("assets/ui");
+        let mut hits: Vec<(String, String, String, bool)> = Vec::new();
+        for entry in toc.iter().filter(|f| !super::is_chain_entry(f)) {
+            let Ok(text) = std::fs::read_to_string(dir.join(entry)) else {
+                continue;
+            };
+            for name in defined_in(&text) {
+                if let Some((home, at)) = chain_home.get(&name) {
+                    // Load order settles it: the later definition is the one that stands.
+                    let ours_wins = pos[entry] > *at;
+                    hits.push((name, entry.clone(), home.clone(), ours_wins));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        hits.sort();
+        hits.dedup();
+
+        println!("\n=== names ours redefines that a CHAIN entry already defines ===");
+        println!("{:<36} {:<28} {:<34} winner", "name", "ours", "chain");
+        for (name, ours, home, ours_wins) in &hits {
+            let w = if *ours_wins { "OURS" } else { "the chain's" };
+            println!("{name:<36} {ours:<28} {home:<34} {w}");
+        }
+
+        // Grouped by our file, because that is the unit of work: a window cannot swap while OUR
+        // file is still standing on the names its stock counterpart needs.
+        let mut by_file: std::collections::BTreeMap<&String, usize> =
+            std::collections::BTreeMap::new();
+        for (_, ours, _, _) in &hits {
+            *by_file.entry(ours).or_default() += 1;
+        }
+        println!(
+            "\n=== {} collisions, across {} of our files ===",
+            hits.len(),
+            by_file.len()
+        );
+        for (f, n) in &by_file {
+            println!("  {n:>3}  {f}");
+        }
+    }
+
     /// A path is a chain entry; a bare name is ours. The one-line rule the manifest rests on.
     #[test]
     fn a_separator_is_what_makes_an_entry_the_players_own_file() {
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/shipped_xml_tests.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/shipped_xml_tests.rs
index e89e4c91..a9806d7d 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/shipped_xml_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/shipped_xml_tests.rs
@@ -814,6 +814,14 @@ fn every_texture_frame_outranks_its_status_bars() {
     }
     // Player + target (health/power) and four party members (health/mana) — never let this pass by
     // matching nothing, which is exactly how a renamed frame would silently retire the check.
+    //
+    // **This number drops to 6 the day `PartyFrame.xml` goes to the chain, and that will be a real
+    // reduction rather than a rename.** Stock `PartyFrameTemplates.xml` has no
+    // `$parentTextureFrame` at all: it gets the same result a different way, with the art inside a
+    // pair of ANONYMOUS nested `<Frame setAllPoints="true">` wrappers, so it outranks the bars by
+    // nesting depth rather than by a level on a named frame. There is nothing to look up, so the
+    // party rows will move from this assertion's cover to the loader's nesting rule. Written down
+    // now, while the reason is in front of somebody, rather than discovered as a number to lower.
     assert!(
         checked >= 12,
         "only {checked} texture-frame/bar pairs checked — the name sweep found nothing"
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/test_ui.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/test_ui.rs
index 9ed8aafa..ff4ac38a 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/test_ui.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/test_ui.rs
@@ -110,6 +110,28 @@ fn read(req: &str) -> Option<Vec<u8>> {
 ///   constant by hand would pass and teach nothing about the real load.
 ///
 /// Needs client data, like [`BAG_UI`]: open with `benilla_formats::wow_data_or_skip!()`.
+/// What the **vendor window** needs before `Interface\FrameXML\MerchantFrame.xml` will load and
+/// behave — the same shape as [`BAG_UI`] and [`LOOT_UI`], and it grew for 1751 the same way.
+///
+/// The two that fail in the ways worth naming:
+///
+/// * **`BasicControls.xml`** — for `TEXT()`, the reference's identity-function wrapper, which
+///   stock `MerchantFrame.lua:70` calls while building every row. Absent, it raises on the first
+///   `MerchantFrame_UpdateMerchantInfo`, which is the first thing the window does when it shows.
+/// * **`Interface\FrameXML\ItemButtonTemplate.xml`** — the stock rows' `$parentItemButton`
+///   inherits it, and a missing template is a loader *warning*: the rows load clean with no art.
+///
+/// Needs client data: open with `benilla_formats::wow_data_or_skip!()`.
+pub(super) const MERCHANT_UI: &[&str] = &[
+    "Interface\\FrameXML\\GlobalStrings.lua",
+    "Fonts.xml",
+    "BasicControls.xml", // TEXT()
+    "Interface\\FrameXML\\ItemButtonTemplate.xml",
+    "MoneyFrame.xml",
+    "UiPanels.xml",
+    "GameTooltip.xml", // app load order: tooltip before merchant
+];
+
 pub(super) const LOOT_UI: &[&str] = &[
     "Interface\\FrameXML\\GlobalStrings.lua",
     "Fonts.xml", // ITEM_QUALITY_COLORS — the row-name palette
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/tooltip_compare_tests.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/tooltip_compare_tests.rs
index c09d9c84..51a155bd 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/tooltip_compare_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/tooltip_compare_tests.rs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ fn harness() -> UiScript {
         "UIParent.xml",
         "GameTooltip.xml",
         "Interface\\FrameXML\\ItemRef.xml",
-        "MerchantFrame.xml",
+        "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml",
         "Cooldown.xml",
         "CharacterFrame.xml",
     ] {
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ fn harness_with_bags() -> UiScript {
     }
     for f in [
         "Interface\\FrameXML\\ItemRef.xml",
-        "MerchantFrame.xml",
+        "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml",
         "CharacterFrame.xml",
     ] {
         load_xml(&s, f);
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/trainer_tests.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/trainer_tests.rs
index 9b74f6ec..10ac1784 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/trainer_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/trainer_tests.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ fn trainer_script() -> UiScript {
     load_xml(&s, "GameTooltip.xml"); // TOOLTIP_DEFAULT_* (the kit's MenuBackdrop), app order
     load_xml(&s, "UIDropDownMenu.xml"); // the filter dropdown's kit
     load_xml(&s, "ScrollTemplates.xml"); // the faux-scroll bar kit
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml"); // BenillaMoney_Set/_Clear/_SetColor live here
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml"); // BenillaMoney_Set/_Clear/_SetColor live here
     load_xml(&s, "TrainerFrame.xml");
     s.run(
         "TRAINER_FILTER_AVAILABLE = 1 TRAINER_FILTER_UNAVAILABLE = 1 TRAINER_FILTER_USED = 1 \
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/unit_frame_tests.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/unit_frame_tests.rs
index 5e807e4f..fa6dd371 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/unit_frame_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_script/unit_frame_tests.rs
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ fn shipped_target_frame_runs_the_level_law() {
     // GetDifficultyColor's own load chain (the quest log window, its ref home).
     load_xml(&s, "MoneyFrame.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "UiPanels.xml");
-    load_xml(&s, "MerchantFrame.xml");
+    load_xml(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\MerchantFrame.xml");
     load_xml(&s, "QuestLogFrame.xml");
     // The player at level 3, both feeds (the snapshot UnitLevel("player") reads; the req state
     // the −1 gate and GetQuestGreenRange read) — the app keeps the two in step.
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/tests/auction_frame.rs b/crates/benilla-app/tests/auction_frame.rs
index 4935ccd5..14ca3b3f 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/tests/auction_frame.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/tests/auction_frame.rs
@@ -17,9 +17,10 @@ const UI_DIR: &str = concat!(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"), "/assets/ui");
 /// Every one of these is a real dependency: UiPanels for the panel manager + tab kit + StaticPopup
 /// engine, ScrollTemplates for the faux lists, UIPanelTemplates for the button/input/checkbox
 /// templates, UIDropDownMenu for the rarity capsule, MoneyFrame for `SmallMoneyFrameTemplate` +
-/// the `MoneyTypeInfo` table this window registers `AUCTION_DEPOSIT` into, MerchantFrame for the
-/// `BenillaMoneyInput_*` money-entry helpers.
-const FILES: [&str; 9] = [
+/// the `MoneyTypeInfo` table this window registers `AUCTION_DEPOSIT` into, The `BenillaMoneyInput_*` money-entry
+/// helpers used to mean loading MerchantFrame.xml as well; 1751 moved that kit to MoneyFrame.xml
+/// on its way to the chain, so the dependency is gone.
+const FILES: [&str; 8] = [
     "Fonts.xml",
     "MoneyFrame.xml",
     "UiPanels.xml",
@@ -27,7 +28,6 @@ const FILES: [&str; 9] = [
     "UIDropDownMenu.xml",
     "ScrollTemplates.xml",
     "UIPanelTemplates.xml",
-    "MerchantFrame.xml",
     "AuctionFrame.xml",
 ];
 
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/tests/item_text_frame.rs b/crates/benilla-app/tests/item_text_frame.rs
index 0018e8c8..83429d17 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/tests/item_text_frame.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/tests/item_text_frame.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 
 use benilla_ui::script::{ItemTextState, UiScript};
 
+#[path = "common/mod.rs"]
+mod common;
+
 const UI_DIR: &str = concat!(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"), "/assets/ui");
 
 /// The reader's dependency prefix, in the manifest's own order. `ScrollTemplates.xml` and
@@ -442,18 +445,11 @@ fn a_quest_givers_gossip_displaces_the_open_reader() {
 
     let mut s = UiScript::new().unwrap();
     load_ui(&s);
-    // The other rival, loaded exactly as the app's manifest does (after the reader's prefix).
-    {
-        let dir = std::path::Path::new(UI_DIR);
-        let text = std::fs::read_to_string(dir.join("GossipFrame.xml")).unwrap();
-        let doc = benilla_ui::framexml::parse(&text).unwrap();
-        let report = benilla_ui::loader::load(&s, &doc, &|_| None);
-        assert!(
-            report.errors.is_empty(),
-            "GossipFrame.xml: {:?}",
-            report.errors
-        );
-    }
+    // The other rival — the reference's own window since 1751, so it goes through the shared
+    // both-stores loader rather than a disk read off `assets/ui`. A hand-rolled reader here is
+    // exactly what `tests/common` exists to replace: it broke the moment this file became the
+    // player's own, and a disk-only provider would leave `GossipFrame.lua`'s globals nil besides.
+    common::load_ui(&s, "Interface\\FrameXML\\GossipFrame.xml");
 
     // The note is open and holding the left slot.
     s.set_item_text(Some(letter()));
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/tests/mail_frame.rs b/crates/benilla-app/tests/mail_frame.rs
index 59976ee3..ce13b0d3 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/tests/mail_frame.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/tests/mail_frame.rs
@@ -12,12 +12,11 @@ const UI_DIR: &str = concat!(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"), "/assets/ui");
 /// The mail window's load prefix — the app's own order (`ui_script/mod.rs`), members only.
 /// MerchantFrame.xml rides along because MailFrame.xml reuses its global `BenillaMoney_*` coin
 /// helpers (postage display), so a load error in either fails here.
-const FILES: [&str; 6] = [
+const FILES: [&str; 5] = [
     "Fonts.xml",
     "MoneyFrame.xml",
     "UiPanels.xml",
     "GameTooltip.xml",
-    "MerchantFrame.xml",
     "MailFrame.xml",
 ];
 
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/tests/trade_frame.rs b/crates/benilla-app/tests/trade_frame.rs
index 41db9630..a5494993 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/tests/trade_frame.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/tests/trade_frame.rs
@@ -13,12 +13,11 @@ const UI_DIR: &str = concat!(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"), "/assets/ui");
 /// The trade window's load prefix — the app's own order (`ui_script/mod.rs`), members only.
 /// MerchantFrame.xml rides along because TradeFrame.xml reuses its global `BenillaMoney_*` coin
 /// helpers (the two gold displays), so a load error in either fails here.
-const FILES: [&str; 6] = [
+const FILES: [&str; 5] = [
     "Fonts.xml",
     "MoneyFrame.xml",
     "UiPanels.xml",
     "GameTooltip.xml",
-    "MerchantFrame.xml",
     "TradeFrame.xml",
 ];
 
diff --git a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/tests/tooltip_item/bindings.rs b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/tests/tooltip_item/bindings.rs
index c5169586..f0593df5 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/tests/tooltip_item/bindings.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/tests/tooltip_item/bindings.rs
@@ -355,3 +355,206 @@ fn set_trade_skill_item_indexes_visible_rows_not_raw_recipes() {
     // rather than a neighbouring recipe's tooltip appearing under the cursor.
     assert_eq!(name_at(&mut s, 4, ""), "Alpha Cloak Reagent");
 }
+
+/// `SetMerchantCompareItem(index [, offset])` — the shopping tooltip the stock vendor row raises.
+///
+/// The contract that decides ghost tooltips versus none is the RETURN, so that is what this pins:
+/// the **number** 1 on success, `nil` on every failure, one value always. Stock's
+/// `if ( ShoppingTooltip1:SetMerchantCompareItem(id, 1) ) then … end` reads it directly, so a
+/// boolean `false` where nil belongs shows an empty tooltip and a truthy nil-case shows two.
+#[test]
+fn set_merchant_compare_item_answers_one_or_nil_per_candidate_slot() {
+    let mut s = script();
+    s.set_screen_size(800.0, 600.0);
+
+    // Both finger slots worn, both class 4 (ARMOR) like the ring on the shelf.
+    let mut inv: InventorySlots = Default::default();
+    for (slot, id, name) in [(11usize, 7000u32, "Old Loop"), (12, 7001, "Older Loop")] {
+        inv[slot] = Some(InvSlotView {
+            item_id: id,
+            name: Some(name.into()),
+            quality: 1,
+            ..Default::default()
+        });
+        s.set_item_template(
+            id,
+            ItemTemplateView {
+                name: name.into(),
+                quality: 1,
+                class: 4,
+                inventory_type: 11,
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+        );
+    }
+    // …and a shield, class 4, in the off hand — the case that makes offset 2 nil for a WEAPON.
+    inv[17] = Some(InvSlotView {
+        item_id: 7100,
+        name: Some("Battered Buckler".into()),
+        quality: 1,
+        ..Default::default()
+    });
+    s.set_item_template(
+        7100,
+        ItemTemplateView {
+            name: "Battered Buckler".into(),
+            quality: 1,
+            class: 4, // ARMOR
+            inventory_type: 14,
+            ..Default::default()
+        },
+    );
+    inv[16] = Some(InvSlotView {
+        item_id: 7101,
+        name: Some("Bent Sword".into()),
+        quality: 1,
+        ..Default::default()
+    });
+    s.set_item_template(
+        7101,
+        ItemTemplateView {
+            name: "Bent Sword".into(),
+            quality: 1,
+            class: 2, // WEAPON
+            inventory_type: 13,
+            ..Default::default()
+        },
+    );
+    s.set_inventory_slots(inv);
+
+    s.set_merchant(Some(MerchantState {
+        items: vec![
+            MerchantItem {
+                name: Some("Shiny Loop".into()),
+                item_id: 8000,
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+            MerchantItem {
+                name: Some("Sharp Sword".into()),
+                item_id: 8001,
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+            MerchantItem {
+                name: Some("Unseen Thing".into()),
+                item_id: 8999, // no template — the uncached leg
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+        ],
+        ..Default::default()
+    }));
+    s.set_item_template(
+        8000,
+        ItemTemplateView {
+            name: "Shiny Loop".into(),
+            quality: 3,
+            class: 4,
+            inventory_type: 11, // finger — two candidate slots
+            ..Default::default()
+        },
+    );
+    s.set_item_template(
+        8001,
+        ItemTemplateView {
+            name: "Sharp Sword".into(),
+            quality: 3,
+            class: 2,
+            inventory_type: 13, // one-hand — main hand then off hand
+            ..Default::default()
+        },
+    );
+
+    // The two shopping tooltips are ordinary GameTooltip frames — the engine knows nothing about
+    // them (the substring `ShoppingTooltip` does not occur in the image at all).
+    s.run(
+        r#"
+        CreateFrame("GameTooltip", "ShoppingTooltip1"):Hide()
+        CreateFrame("GameTooltip", "ShoppingTooltip2"):Hide()
+    "#,
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+
+    let call =
+        |s: &mut UiScript, expr: &str| s.eval::<String>(&format!("return type({expr})")).unwrap();
+
+    // A ring against two worn rings: both offsets answer, and the answer is the NUMBER 1.
+    assert_eq!(
+        s.eval::<String>(r#"return tostring(ShoppingTooltip1:SetMerchantCompareItem(1, 1))"#)
+            .unwrap(),
+        "1",
+        "the truthy leg is lua_pushnumber(1.0), not a boolean"
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        call(&mut s, "ShoppingTooltip2:SetMerchantCompareItem(1, 2)"),
+        "number"
+    );
+    // …and it filled with the WORN item, headed by the gray compare line.
+    assert!(
+        s.eval::<bool>(
+            r#"local n = ShoppingTooltip1:NumLines()
+               for i = 1, n do
+                 if getglobal("ShoppingTooltip1TextLeft"..i):GetText() == "Currently Equipped" then
+                   return true
+                 end
+               end
+               return false"#
+        )
+        .unwrap(),
+        "the fill is the equipped item's own tooltip with the CURRENTLY_EQUIPPED header"
+    );
+
+    // A one-hand weapon: main hand matches (class 2), the off-hand SHIELD does not (class 4), so
+    // offset 2 is nil. This is the reference's class test doing the work, and it is the case a
+    // slot-only reading would get wrong.
+    assert_eq!(
+        call(&mut s, "ShoppingTooltip1:SetMerchantCompareItem(2, 1)"),
+        "number"
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        call(&mut s, "ShoppingTooltip1:SetMerchantCompareItem(2, 2)"),
+        "nil",
+        "a shield is not a candidate for a weapon — class, not slot"
+    );
+
+    // Offset defaults to 1 when absent, and does NOT raise.
+    assert_eq!(
+        call(&mut s, "ShoppingTooltip1:SetMerchantCompareItem(1)"),
+        "number"
+    );
+    // An explicit 0 or a negative is nil — the counter starts below zero and only decrements.
+    for bad in ["0", "-1"] {
+        assert_eq!(
+            call(
+                &mut s,
+                &format!("ShoppingTooltip1:SetMerchantCompareItem(1, {bad})")
+            ),
+            "nil",
+            "offset {bad}"
+        );
+    }
+    // Out of range, and the uncached template, are both nil — never an error.
+    for expr in [
+        "ShoppingTooltip1:SetMerchantCompareItem(0, 1)",
+        "ShoppingTooltip1:SetMerchantCompareItem(99, 1)",
+        "ShoppingTooltip1:SetMerchantCompareItem(3, 1)",
+    ] {
+        assert_eq!(call(&mut s, expr), "nil", "{expr}");
+    }
+    // 2.7 re-bases in f64 and THEN truncates: 2.7 - 1 = 1.7 -> row 1, the sword. Doing it the
+    // other way round would land on row 2.
+    assert_eq!(
+        call(&mut s, "ShoppingTooltip1:SetMerchantCompareItem(2.7, 1)"),
+        "number"
+    );
+
+    // A non-number index RAISES, with the client's own usage text.
+    let e = s
+        .run(r#"ShoppingTooltip1:SetMerchantCompareItem({}, 1)"#)
+        .unwrap_err()
+        .to_string();
+    assert!(e.contains("Usage: SetMerchantCompareItem"), "{e}");
+    // …but a numeric STRING is a number to `lua_isnumber`.
+    assert_eq!(
+        call(&mut s, r#"ShoppingTooltip1:SetMerchantCompareItem("1", 1)"#),
+        "number"
+    );
+}
diff --git a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/tooltip_item/mod.rs b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/tooltip_item/mod.rs
index 09fb0ddf..5943953c 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/tooltip_item/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/tooltip_item/mod.rs
@@ -161,24 +161,30 @@ fn render_by_id(
 /// `ui_items::find_equip_slot` (the equip-click fit rule) — one law, two consumers.
 fn equip_slots_for(inventory_type: u32) -> &'static [u32] {
     match inventory_type {
-        1 => &[1],                  // head
-        2 => &[2],                  // neck
-        3 => &[3],                  // shoulder
-        4 => &[4],                  // shirt
-        5 | 20 => &[5],             // chest / robe
-        6 => &[6],                  // waist
-        7 => &[7],                  // legs
-        8 => &[8],                  // feet
-        9 => &[9],                  // wrist
-        10 => &[10],                // hands
-        11 => &[11, 12],            // finger
-        12 => &[13, 14],            // trinket
-        16 => &[15],                // back
-        19 => &[19],                // tabard
-        13 => &[16, 17],            // one-hand
-        21 => &[16],                // main hand
-        14 | 22 | 23 => &[17],      // shield / off-hand weapon / held
-        17 => &[16, 17],            // two-hand (displaces both hands)
+        1 => &[1],             // head
+        2 => &[2],             // neck
+        3 => &[3],             // shoulder
+        4 => &[4],             // shirt
+        5 | 20 => &[5],        // chest / robe
+        6 => &[6],             // waist
+        7 => &[7],             // legs
+        8 => &[8],             // feet
+        9 => &[9],             // wrist
+        10 => &[10],           // hands
+        11 => &[11, 12],       // finger
+        12 => &[13, 14],       // trinket
+        16 => &[15],           // back
+        19 => &[19],           // tabard
+        13 => &[16, 17],       // one-hand
+        21 => &[16],           // main hand
+        14 | 22 | 23 => &[17], // shield / off-hand weapon / held
+        // Two-hand: **main hand ONLY**, which is not the obvious answer. A 2H displaces both
+        // hands when equipped, and this table was written `[16, 17]` on that reasoning. The
+        // reference's own mask disagrees: `0x809200[17]` is `0x8000`, bit 15, main hand alone
+        // (wow-re `merchant-compare-item-law.md` §3). It is a COMPARE-CANDIDATE table, not an
+        // occupancy one — the question it answers is "which worn item is this offering to
+        // replace", and for a two-hander that is the weapon in your main hand.
+        17 => &[16],
         15 | 25 | 26 | 28 => &[18], // bow / thrown / wand-gun / relic
         _ => &[],
     }
@@ -677,6 +683,143 @@ pub(super) fn install_methods(lua: &Lua, m: &Table) -> mlua::Result<()> {
         })?,
     )?;
 
+    // GameTooltip:SetMerchantCompareItem(index [, offset]) — `0x536080`, GameTooltip method-table
+    // entry 43 (wow-re `system/ui/scratch/merchant-compare-item-law.md`). The shopping tooltip the
+    // stock vendor row raises beside the main one: "here is what you are wearing that this would
+    // replace".
+    //
+    // **`offset` is not a slot.** It is the 1-based ordinal among CANDIDATE slots, and a slot is a
+    // candidate only when all three of these hold — the reference's own conjunction:
+    //
+    //   1. its bit is set in `0x809200[InventoryType]` (our [`equip_slots_for`]),
+    //   2. the slot is OCCUPIED,
+    //   3. the equipped item's **class** equals the vendor item's class. Class only — subclass is
+    //      never read.
+    //
+    // Empty slots are skipped **without** decrementing, so offset 1 finds the first occupied
+    // matching slot wherever it sits. The consequences are the reference's and they are not
+    // obvious: a shield in the off hand makes offset 2 nil for a one-hand weapon (ARMOR ≠ WEAPON),
+    // and an equipped wand DOES compare against a bow on the shelf (both class 2, both bit 17).
+    // Any type with one candidate slot answers nil for offset 2, which is what makes stock's
+    // second `if` cheap.
+    //
+    // **The return contract decides ghost tooltips versus none**, so it is transcribed exactly:
+    // ONE Lua value on every non-raising path — the NUMBER 1 on success (`lua_pushnumber`, not a
+    // boolean), `nil` on every failure. A bad `this` or a non-number index RAISES; a missing
+    // `offset` does not, and defaults to 1. An explicit `offset` of 0 or less is nil, because the
+    // counter starts below zero and only ever decrements.
+    //
+    // An uncached vendor template answers nil AND fires the query ([`view_of`] does both), so the
+    // first hover of an unseen vendor item shows no shopping tooltip and a later one does. That is
+    // the reference's behaviour, not a race we lost.
+    m.set(
+        "SetMerchantCompareItem",
+        lua.create_function(
+            |lua, (this, index, offset): (Table, Value, Option<Value>)| {
+                let h = frame_handle_of(lua, &this)?;
+                let as_number = |v: &Value| -> Option<f64> {
+                    match v {
+                        Value::Integer(i) => Some(*i as f64),
+                        Value::Number(n) => Some(*n),
+                        // `lua_isnumber` accepts a numeric string, here as everywhere.
+                        Value::String(s) => s.to_str().ok().and_then(|s| s.parse::<f64>().ok()),
+                        _ => None,
+                    }
+                };
+                // The one argument whose absence is an ERROR, with the client's own usage text.
+                let Some(idx) = as_number(&index) else {
+                    return Err(mlua::Error::runtime(
+                        "Usage: SetMerchantCompareItem(\"slot\" [, offset])",
+                    ));
+                };
+                // The reference re-bases the index in f64 and THEN truncates toward zero, so 2.7
+                // is row 1 (1.7 → 1) rather than row 2. Doing it the other way round differs by
+                // one for every fractional index.
+                let row = (idx - 1.0).trunc();
+                if row.is_nan() || row < 0.0 || row > f64::from(u32::MAX) {
+                    return Ok(Value::Nil);
+                }
+                // `offset` re-bases as an INTEGER, and its absence means 1.
+                let mut left = match offset.as_ref().and_then(as_number) {
+                    Some(n) if n.is_nan() => return Ok(Value::Nil),
+                    Some(n) => n.trunc() - 1.0,
+                    None => 0.0,
+                };
+                if left < 0.0 {
+                    return Ok(Value::Nil);
+                }
+
+                #[allow(clippy::cast_possible_truncation, clippy::cast_sign_loss)]
+                let row = row as usize;
+                let Some(item_id) = ({
+                    let model = lua.app_data_ref::<Model>().expect("model app_data");
+                    model
+                        .merchant
+                        .as_ref()
+                        .and_then(|m| m.items.get(row))
+                        .map(|it| it.item_id)
+                }) else {
+                    return Ok(Value::Nil);
+                };
+                // The vendor item's own template — the class this compares by, and the miss that
+                // fires the query.
+                let Some(offered) = view_of(lua, item_id) else {
+                    return Ok(Value::Nil);
+                };
+
+                let found = {
+                    let model = lua.app_data_ref::<Model>().expect("model app_data");
+                    let mut hit = None;
+                    for &slot in equip_slots_for(offered.inventory_type) {
+                        let Some(worn) = model
+                            .inv_slot("player", slot as usize)
+                            .filter(|s| s.item_id != 0)
+                        else {
+                            continue; // empty: skipped WITHOUT decrementing
+                        };
+                        let same_class = model
+                            .item_templates
+                            .get(&worn.item_id)
+                            .is_some_and(|w| w.class == offered.class);
+                        if !same_class {
+                            continue;
+                        }
+                        if left <= 0.0 {
+                            hit = Some(slot as usize);
+                            break;
+                        }
+                        left -= 1.0;
+                    }
+                    hit
+                };
+                let Some(slot) = found else {
+                    // A failing call does NOT clear the tooltip — the reference's nil exit pushes
+                    // nil and touches nothing else.
+                    return Ok(Value::Nil);
+                };
+
+                // …and the fill is the ordinary EQUIPPED-item tooltip with the compare header
+                // on: the FULL body, because compact mode is off (`p4 = 0`) and there is no delta
+                // arithmetic anywhere in the client — it draws two whole tooltips side by side —
+                // plus one gray `CURRENTLY_EQUIPPED` line first (`p5 = 1`).
+                //
+                // Reached by arming the same `compare_armed` latch the shift-compare path uses and
+                // running `SetInventoryItem`, which is what the reference does too: `0x536080`
+                // calls the ordinary item builder `0x52b650` with the header flag set, not a
+                // second builder of its own.
+                {
+                    let mut model = lua.app_data_mut::<Model>().expect("model app_data");
+                    if let Ok(t) = super::tooltip::tip_mut(&mut model, h) {
+                        t.compare_armed = true;
+                    }
+                }
+                this.get::<mlua::Function>("SetInventoryItem")?
+                    .call::<mlua::MultiValue>((this.clone(), "player", slot))?;
+                Ok(Value::Integer(1))
+            },
+        )?,
+    )?;
+
     // GameTooltip:SetMerchantItem(index) / SetBuybackItem(index) — template-id sources through
     // the same store (the real SetMerchantItem is the template path — tooltip-money.md); the
     // merchant feed's own stat head is the fallback while the template answer is in flight, so