diff --git a/crates/benilla-world/src/terrain_stream.rs b/crates/benilla-world/src/terrain_stream.rs
index 36c7d5dd..0c2c41c4 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-world/src/terrain_stream.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-world/src/terrain_stream.rs
@@ -446,8 +446,7 @@ impl Plugin for TerrainPlugin {
                 update_current_area
                     .after(crate::wmo_portal::WmoPvsSet)
                     .in_set(AreaAuthoritySet),
-            )
-            .add_systems(Update, queries::update_capture_camera_area.in_set(AreaAuthoritySet));
+            );
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/benilla-world/src/terrain_stream/queries.rs b/crates/benilla-world/src/terrain_stream/queries.rs
index b1507a74..ce2c6701 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-world/src/terrain_stream/queries.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-world/src/terrain_stream/queries.rs
@@ -21,21 +21,15 @@ pub struct CurrentArea(pub Option<u32>);
 #[derive(Resource, Default, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct CaptureCameraArea(pub Option<u32>);
 
-/// MONKEY (reviewfix-a): see [`CaptureCameraArea`].
-pub(super) fn update_capture_camera_area(
-    mut out: ResMut<CaptureCameraArea>,
-    focus: Res<crate::terrain_stream::ViewFocus>,
-    streamer: Res<TerrainStreamer>,
-    adt_tiles: Res<Assets<AdtTile>>,
-    camera: Query<&GlobalTransform, With<crate::view::WorldCamera>>,
-    mut capture: Local<Option<bool>>,
+/// MONKEY (reviewfix-a): see [`CaptureCameraArea`]; a helper of [`update_current_area`] (one
+/// system, so the schedule gains no new unordered pairs).
+fn capture_camera_area(
+    out: &mut CaptureCameraArea,
+    streamer: &TerrainStreamer,
+    adt_tiles: &Assets<AdtTile>,
+    eye: Option<Vec3>,
 ) {
-    if !*capture.get_or_insert_with(|| std::env::var_os("WOW_CAPTURE").is_some())
-        || focus.body_pos().is_some()
-    {
-        return;
-    }
-    let Some(eye) = camera.iter().next().map(GlobalTransform::translation) else {
+    let Some(eye) = eye else {
         return;
     };
     let wow = bevy_to_wow(eye);
@@ -155,8 +149,18 @@ pub(super) fn update_current_area(
     adt_tiles: Res<Assets<AdtTile>>,
     interior: Res<crate::wmo_portal::CurrentAreaInterior>,
     wmo_areas: Option<Res<crate::wmo_portal::WmoAreas>>,
+    // MONKEY (reviewfix-a): the capture-only camera area (absent in unit-test worlds).
+    capture_area: Option<ResMut<CaptureCameraArea>>,
+    camera: Query<&GlobalTransform, With<crate::view::WorldCamera>>,
+    mut capture: Local<Option<bool>>,
 ) {
     let Some(wow) = focus.body_pos() else {
+        if let Some(mut out) = capture_area {
+            if *capture.get_or_insert_with(|| std::env::var_os("WOW_CAPTURE").is_some()) {
+                let eye = camera.iter().next().map(GlobalTransform::translation);
+                capture_camera_area(&mut out, &streamer, &adt_tiles, eye);
+            }
+        }
         // No avatar: the area dies with the character session, or the next login reads this
         // character's zone. `body_pos()` is `None` at both glue screens; a recoverable disconnect
         // keeps the body, and the area with it.