diff --git a/modules/mesh-conditions/cmd/mesh-conditions/hold.go b/modules/mesh-conditions/cmd/mesh-conditions/hold.go
index 8cc8e7b8..8491812e 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-conditions/cmd/mesh-conditions/hold.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-conditions/cmd/mesh-conditions/hold.go
@@ -52,8 +52,14 @@ func (k *Keeper) aboutOf(kind, source string, s health.Subject) []about {
 			out = append(out, about{Node: parts[1], Module: parts[0]})
 		}
 	case health.ScopeSeat:
+		// The module the placement says holds the seat on that node, or the seat's own name where none is read.
 		if len(parts) >= 2 {
-			out = append(out, about{Node: parts[len(parts)-1], Module: strings.Join(parts[:len(parts)-1], ".")})
+			node, seat := parts[len(parts)-1], strings.Join(parts[:len(parts)-1], ".")
+			module := k.holders[node+"."+seat]
+			if module == "" {
+				module = seat
+			}
+			out = append(out, about{Node: node, Module: module})
 		}
 	case health.ScopeMachine:
 		// The machine itself (presence, network, resolver, disk) is never held; its tools are, while its tool runner is
@@ -143,9 +149,8 @@ func (k *Keeper) keepHeld(h held) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// bound is a module's delivery bound: its manifest names none yet, so the default (clause 13 (d)). The state `bounds`
-// keeps each key that long (its ttl-seconds), since the runtime writes no key with a time to live of its own; a bound a
-// manifest names needs that first.
+// bound is a module's delivery bound: its manifest names none yet, so the default (clause 13 (d)). Each key of the state
+// `bounds` is written with it as its own time to live, and its expiry is the bound passing.
 func (k *Keeper) bound(string) time.Duration {
 	if k.Bound > 0 {
 		return k.Bound
@@ -211,6 +216,33 @@ func (k *Keeper) Have(key string, value []byte, deleted bool) error {
 	return k.judge(node, module, "")
 }
 
+// Placement takes one change of the placement: which module holds which seat on a node.
+func (k *Keeper) Placement(key string, value []byte, deleted bool) {
+	node, err := delivery.ParsePlacementKey(key)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	k.mu.Lock()
+	defer k.mu.Unlock()
+	k.init()
+	for hk := range k.holders {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(hk, node+".") {
+			delete(k.holders, hk)
+		}
+	}
+	if deleted {
+		return
+	}
+	p, err := delivery.DecodePlacement(value)
+	if err != nil {
+		k.Logf("the placement of %s is not readable, so its seats' holders are not known: %v", node, err)
+		return
+	}
+	for _, h := range p.Holds {
+		k.holders[node+"."+h.Claim] = h.Module
+	}
+}
+
 // BoundPassed is a delivery's bound key expiring: what it holds is raised, saying the delivery did not end.
 func (k *Keeper) BoundPassed(key string) error {
 	node, module := splitNodeModule(key)
diff --git a/modules/mesh-conditions/cmd/mesh-conditions/hold_test.go b/modules/mesh-conditions/cmd/mesh-conditions/hold_test.go
index 0ee296a2..fa668544 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-conditions/cmd/mesh-conditions/hold_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-conditions/cmd/mesh-conditions/hold_test.go
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ func TestADeliveryHoldsItsOwnFindingsUntilItEnds(t *testing.T) {
 		if err := r.k.Controller("core.controller.deaf", deaf, false); err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
+		// The delivery's bound is its own key's time to live, the module's bound (the default where it names none).
+		if r.st.ttls["bounds/novox.mesh-controller"] != delivery.DefaultDeliveryBound {
+			t.Errorf("%s: the bound key lives %s", c.name, r.st.ttls["bounds/novox.mesh-controller"])
+		}
 		if got := r.changes(); got != "raised "+other+", raised "+machine {
 			t.Errorf("%s: during the delivery said %q: another module's and the machine's at once, nothing of its own", c.name, got)
 		}
@@ -106,4 +110,20 @@ func TestADeliveryHoldsItsOwnFindingsUntilItEnds(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Errorf("%s: the carried deaf condition was raised, or something is still held: %+v", c.name, r.k.Held())
 		}
 	}
+	// A seat's finding is about the module the placement says holds the seat on that node (the lead, 2026-10-29): held
+	// while the assigner is delivered on ace, though the seat is named mesh-placement.
+	r := newRig()
+	placed, err := delivery.EncodePlacement(delivery.Placement{Node: "ace", Modules: []delivery.PlacedModule{{Module: "mesh-delivery-assigner"}},
+		Holds: []delivery.Holding{{Claim: "mesh-placement", Scope: "mesh", Module: "mesh-delivery-assigner"}}})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	r.k.Placement("placement.ace", placed, false)
+	_ = r.k.Want("want.ace.mesh-delivery-assigner", want(ctrlNext, ctrlNextComp), false)
+	_ = r.k.Have("ace.mesh-delivery-assigner", have(ctrlRunning, ctrlComposed, delivery.PhaseRunning, delivery.HealthOK), false)
+	seat, seatRaw := finding(t, selfCheck, health.ScopeSeat, "mesh-placement.ace", "holder-silent", "D3", health.Warning, r.now)
+	_ = r.k.Finding(selfCheck, seat, seatRaw, false)
+	if got := r.changes(); got != "" || len(r.k.Held()) != 1 || r.k.Held()[0].Module != "mesh-delivery-assigner" {
+		t.Errorf("a seat's finding while its holder is delivered: said %q, held %+v", got, r.k.Held())
+	}
 }
diff --git a/modules/mesh-conditions/cmd/mesh-conditions/keeper.go b/modules/mesh-conditions/cmd/mesh-conditions/keeper.go
index 70a82f3d..802126f0 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-conditions/cmd/mesh-conditions/keeper.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-conditions/cmd/mesh-conditions/keeper.go
@@ -48,8 +48,11 @@ const (
 	ControllerLease      = "mesh-controller.lease"
 	ControllerLeaseKey   = "holder"
 	WantsRead            = delivery.AssignerModule + ".wants"
-	HavesRead            = "node-engine.have"
-	ConditionWrites      = 8
+	// PlacementRead is the mesh-placement seat's placement, read for which module holds a seat on a node (hold.go; the
+	// lead, 2026-10-29, for ADR 0564 clause 2's inputs).
+	PlacementRead   = delivery.PlacementRead
+	HavesRead       = "node-engine.have"
+	ConditionWrites = 8
 )
 
 // Store is the bus as the keeper uses it: its own states, written by compare-and-set, and a key with its own time to
@@ -104,8 +107,10 @@ type Keeper struct {
 	takeover health.Takeover
 	wants    map[string]delivery.Want
 	haves    map[string]delivery.Have
-	stuck    map[string]string
-	held     map[string]held
+	// holders are, by `<node>.<seat>`, the module the placement says holds the seat there.
+	holders map[string]string
+	stuck   map[string]string
+	held    map[string]held
 	// passed are the deliveries whose bound passed, by node and module, at the fingerprint wanted then; outOfHold the
 	// line a key raised out of a hold says (hold.go).
 	passed    map[string]string
@@ -121,7 +126,7 @@ func (k *Keeper) init() {
 		k.wants, k.haves, k.stuck, k.held, k.cleared = map[string]delivery.Want{}, map[string]delivery.Have{},
 			map[string]string{}, map[string]held{}, map[string]clearedMemo{}
 		k.takeover = health.Takeover{V: health.TakeoverVersion, Follow: health.FollowController}
-		k.passed, k.outOfHold = map[string]string{}, map[string]string{}
+		k.passed, k.outOfHold, k.holders = map[string]string{}, map[string]string{}, map[string]string{}
 	}
 	if k.Now == nil {
 		k.Now = time.Now
diff --git a/modules/mesh-conditions/cmd/mesh-conditions/keeper_test.go b/modules/mesh-conditions/cmd/mesh-conditions/keeper_test.go
index 6f8dd1d8..cc90e26a 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-conditions/cmd/mesh-conditions/keeper_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-conditions/cmd/mesh-conditions/keeper_test.go
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ type fakeStore struct {
 	vals map[string][]byte
 	revs map[string]uint64
 	next uint64
+	// ttls are the times to live the keys were created with.
+	ttls map[string]time.Duration
 }
 
 func newFakeStore() *fakeStore {
@@ -79,7 +81,13 @@ func (f *fakeStore) Keys(state string) ([]string, error) {
 	return out, nil
 }
 
-func (f *fakeStore) CreateTTL(state, key string, value any, _ time.Duration) error {
+func (f *fakeStore) CreateTTL(state, key string, value any, ttl time.Duration) error {
+	f.mu.Lock()
+	if f.ttls == nil {
+		f.ttls = map[string]time.Duration{}
+	}
+	f.ttls[state+"/"+key] = ttl
+	f.mu.Unlock()
 	_, err := f.Create(state, key, value)
 	return err
 }
diff --git a/modules/mesh-conditions/cmd/mesh-conditions/main.go b/modules/mesh-conditions/cmd/mesh-conditions/main.go
index 2a1c654e..ac597d4b 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-conditions/cmd/mesh-conditions/main.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-conditions/cmd/mesh-conditions/main.go
@@ -44,10 +44,9 @@ func (runtimeStore) Delete(state, key string) error { return stdio.State(state).
 
 func (runtimeStore) Keys(state string) ([]string, error) { return stdio.State(state).Keys() }
 
-// CreateTTL creates the key in a state whose own age is the time to live (`bounds`, ttl-seconds): the runtime writes no
-// key with a time to live of its own.
-func (runtimeStore) CreateTTL(state, key string, value any, _ time.Duration) error {
-	_, err := stdio.State(state).Create(key, value)
+// CreateTTL creates the key with its own time to live (`bounds` is key-ttl); its expiry is handed over as OpExpire.
+func (runtimeStore) CreateTTL(state, key string, value any, ttl time.Duration) error {
+	_, err := stdio.State(state).CreateTTL(key, value, ttl)
 	return err
 }
 
@@ -132,11 +131,15 @@ func Keep(k *Keeper) {
 		})
 	}
 	watch(k, BoundsState, "", func(c stdio.StateChange) error {
-		if c.Op != "put" && !c.Current {
+		if c.Op == stdio.OpExpire {
 			return said(k.BoundPassed(c.Key))
 		}
 		return nil
 	})
+	watch(k, PlacementRead, "", func(c stdio.StateChange) error {
+		k.Placement(c.Key, c.Value, c.Op != stdio.OpPut)
+		return nil
+	})
 }
 
 func main() {
diff --git a/modules/mesh-conditions/cmd/mesh-conditions/manifest_test.go b/modules/mesh-conditions/cmd/mesh-conditions/manifest_test.go
index 66174fa2..94b1801c 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-conditions/cmd/mesh-conditions/manifest_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-conditions/cmd/mesh-conditions/manifest_test.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func TestTheManifestSaysWhatTheCodeDoes(t *testing.T) {
 		!slices.Equal(Verbs, catalogue.VerbNames(seat.Serves)) {
 		t.Errorf("module %s runs as %s and claims %+v; the seat serves %v", m.Module, m.RunsAs, m.Claims, catalogue.VerbNames(seat.Serves))
 	}
-	reads := []string{ControllerConditions, ControllerLease, WantsRead, HavesRead, AttemptsRead}
+	reads := []string{ControllerConditions, ControllerLease, WantsRead, HavesRead, AttemptsRead, PlacementRead}
 	for _, o := range Observers {
 		reads = append(reads, o+"."+health.FindingsState)
 	}
@@ -39,12 +39,14 @@ func TestTheManifestSaysWhatTheCodeDoes(t *testing.T) {
 	if !slices.Equal(got, reads) || slices.Contains(m.Reads, health.HealersModule+"."+health.WouldState) {
 		t.Errorf("reads %v, want %v and never the healers' would", got, reads)
 	}
-	ttl := map[string]int{}
+	ttl, keyTTL := map[string]int{}, map[string]bool{}
 	for _, s := range m.State {
-		ttl[s.Name] = s.TTLSeconds
+		ttl[s.Name], keyTTL[s.Name] = s.TTLSeconds, s.KeyTTL
 	}
-	if ttl[HistoryState] != int(HistoryKeptFor.Seconds()) || ttl[BoundsState] != 900 {
-		t.Errorf("history is kept %d s and a bound %d s", ttl[HistoryState], ttl[BoundsState])
+	// Each bound is its own key's time to live (the runtime's per-key TTL), never the bucket's age.
+	if ttl[HistoryState] != int(HistoryKeptFor.Seconds()) || ttl[BoundsState] != 0 || !keyTTL[BoundsState] {
+		t.Errorf("history is kept %d s, a bound's bucket ages %d s, its keys have their own time to live: %v",
+			ttl[HistoryState], ttl[BoundsState], keyTTL[BoundsState])
 	}
 	// Clause 12: each state with the tool that reads it, each act with the tool that starts it.
 	readBy := map[string]string{ConditionsState: Seat + ".conditions", HistoryState: HistoryTool, TakeoverState: TakeoverTool,
diff --git a/modules/mesh-conditions/cmd/mesh-conditions/whole_integration_test.go b/modules/mesh-conditions/cmd/mesh-conditions/whole_integration_test.go
index 877a8ce1..f8881730 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-conditions/cmd/mesh-conditions/whole_integration_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-conditions/cmd/mesh-conditions/whole_integration_test.go
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ func TestTheKeeperWholeRaisesAndClearsOnTheBus(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	buckets := []string{"mesh-controller_conditions", "mesh-controller_lease", "mesh-delivery-assigner_wants", "node-engine_have",
+	buckets := []string{"mesh-controller_conditions", "mesh-controller_lease", "mesh-delivery-assigner_wants", "node-engine_have", "mesh-delivery-assigner_placement",
 		"mesh-healers_attempts"}
 	for _, o := range Observers {
 		buckets = append(buckets, o+"_findings")
diff --git a/modules/mesh-conditions/go.mod b/modules/mesh-conditions/go.mod
index fcfe14e1..23a7dffb 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-conditions/go.mod
+++ b/modules/mesh-conditions/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module mesh-conditions
 go 1.26.0
 
 require (
-	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029210043-32f5ce371268
+	git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029211442-bc6c8a6d244a
 	github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.54.0
 )
 
diff --git a/modules/mesh-conditions/go.sum b/modules/mesh-conditions/go.sum
index 8a5c3b7a..3ecc6a80 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-conditions/go.sum
+++ b/modules/mesh-conditions/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029210043-32f5ce371268 h1:+jH77IJmxUiFDdbJljhynQRY0Cc5/5jtwmMV7UUqRI4=
-git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029210043-32f5ce371268/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029211442-bc6c8a6d244a h1:haFs0zoHDUOrdtKn0Cw9lhCg/K3Me6Ff3Mg+IdVlK34=
+git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go v0.1.14-0.20261029211442-bc6c8a6d244a/go.mod h1:ouERNpZizzwZ0HLEtAypsY9FR20FyUgUYRni6J7kVCY=
 github.com/antithesishq/antithesis-sdk-go v0.7.0-default-no-op h1:Z/MZK75wC/NSrkgqeNIa7jexam9uWzhLmFTSCPI/kn0=
 github.com/antithesishq/antithesis-sdk-go v0.7.0-default-no-op/go.mod h1:FQyySiasQQM8735Ddel3MRojmy4dA1IqCeyJ5jmPMbI=
 github.com/google/go-tpm v0.9.8 h1:slArAR9Ft+1ybZu0lBwpSmpwhRXaa85hWtMinMyRAWo=
diff --git a/modules/mesh-conditions/module.json b/modules/mesh-conditions/module.json
index 20805f2b..89354c38 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-conditions/module.json
+++ b/modules/mesh-conditions/module.json
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@
     "mesh-controller.conditions",
     "mesh-controller.lease",
     "mesh-delivery-assigner.wants",
-    "node-engine.have"
+    "node-engine.have",
+    "mesh-delivery-assigner.placement"
   ],
   "state": [
     "conditions",
@@ -40,7 +41,6 @@
     "held",
     {
       "name": "bounds",
-      "ttl-seconds": 900,
       "key-ttl": true
     },
     "asked"