diff --git a/modules/mesh-conditions/cmd/mesh-conditions/asks.go b/modules/mesh-conditions/cmd/mesh-conditions/asks.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a380abd87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/mesh-conditions/cmd/mesh-conditions/asks.go
@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+package main
+
+// The keeper's ask and what follows it (design 47 G §390): `findings-asked` on its seat asks the observers to state their
+// findings again; one that states nothing within five minutes, its machine not away, is the keeper's finding
+// `findings-unstated`, cleared by its next `findings-stated`.
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"sort"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	cc "git.novox.be/novox/mesh-contracts/health-and-repair/go/clients/meshconditionsclient"
+	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-contracts/health-and-repair/go/clients/meshhandactsclient"
+	seat "git.novox.be/novox/mesh-contracts/health-and-repair/go/seats/meshconditions"
+	stdio "git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go"
+)
+
+// AskedWithin is how long an observer has to state its findings after an ask.
+const AskedWithin = 5 * time.Minute
+
+// The kind of the keeper's finding of an observer that stated nothing, and the prefix of its ask's key in `bounds`.
+const (
+	KindFindingsUnstated = "findings-unstated"
+	askedPrefix          = "asked="
+	// FindingsViewsTool reads what the keeper holds of each observer and node.
+	FindingsViewsTool = "conditions_findings_views"
+)
+
+func askedKey(observer, node, ask string) string {
+	return askedPrefix + observer + "=" + node + "=" + ask
+}
+
+func sayAsk(body any) error {
+	return stdio.SeatPublish(seat.SubjectFindingsAsked, body, "")
+}
+
+func recordHandAct(what, why, verb string) error {
+	_, err := meshhandactsclient.Recorder{Ask: stdio.Ask}.Record(meshhandactsclient.Request{What: what, Why: why, Verb: verb})
+	return err
+}
+
+// machineAway says the watchman holds the machine away.
+func (k *Keeper) machineAway(node string) bool {
+	k.mu.Lock()
+	defer k.mu.Unlock()
+	return k.away[node]
+}
+
+// Ask says `findings-asked` for module alone, or for every observer when module is empty, and starts the bound of each
+// observer on a machine not away. It answers the ask's id.
+func (k *Keeper) Ask(by, module string) (string, error) {
+	now := k.Now().UTC()
+	k.mu.Lock()
+	k.init()
+	k.seq++
+	ask := fmt.Sprintf("%d-%d", now.UnixNano(), k.seq)
+	var wait [][2]string
+	for _, v := range k.views {
+		if v.observer == "" || module != "" && v.observer != module || k.away[v.node] {
+			continue
+		}
+		v.Asks[ask] = now.Add(AskedWithin)
+		wait = append(wait, [2]string{v.observer, v.node})
+	}
+	k.mu.Unlock()
+	body := map[string]any{"ask": ask, "at": now, "by": by}
+	if module != "" {
+		body["module"] = module
+	}
+	publish := k.Publish
+	if publish == nil {
+		publish = func(_ string, body any) error { return sayAsk(body) }
+	}
+	if err := publish(seat.EventFindingsAsked, body); err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("asking the observers to state their findings: %w", err)
+	}
+	var problems []string
+	for _, w := range wait {
+		if err := k.Store.CreateTTL(BoundsState, askedKey(w[0], w[1], ask), map[string]any{"observer": w[0], "node": w[1], "ask": ask,
+			"until": now.Add(AskedWithin)}, AskedWithin); err != nil && !errors.Is(err, stdio.ErrChanged) {
+			problems = append(problems, err.Error())
+		}
+	}
+	if len(problems) > 0 {
+		return ask, errors.New(strings.Join(problems, "; "))
+	}
+	return ask, nil
+}
+
+// ResyncVerb is `resync`: it writes the call in the hand-act log, asks the observers (or the one named) to state their
+// findings, and settles every key the keeper holds.
+func (k *Keeper) ResyncVerb(by, module string) (map[string]any, error) {
+	what := "asked every observer to state its findings again"
+	if module != "" {
+		what = "asked " + module + " to state its findings again"
+	}
+	record := k.Record
+	if record == nil {
+		record = recordHandAct
+	}
+	if err := record(what, "resync, asked by "+by, seat.Seat+".resync"); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("the hand act was not recorded, so nothing was asked: %w", err)
+	}
+	ask, err := k.Ask(by, module)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	n, err := k.Resync()
+	return map[string]any{"ask": ask, "settled": n}, err
+}
+
+// AskPassed is an ask's five minutes ending: an observer that stated nothing since, its machine not away, is the finding
+// findings-unstated.
+func (k *Keeper) AskPassed(bound string) error {
+	observer, rest, ok1 := strings.Cut(strings.TrimPrefix(bound, askedPrefix), "=")
+	node, ask, ok2 := strings.Cut(rest, "=")
+	if !ok1 || !ok2 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	k.mu.Lock()
+	k.init()
+	v := k.views[observer+"."+node]
+	if v == nil {
+		k.mu.Unlock()
+		return nil
+	}
+	_, open := v.Asks[ask]
+	delete(v.Asks, ask)
+	away := k.away[node]
+	k.mu.Unlock()
+	if !open || away {
+		return nil
+	}
+	now := k.Now().UTC()
+	f := seat.FindingsByKeyValue{V: cc.FindingVersion, Key: unstatedKey(observer, node), Kind: KindFindingsUnstated,
+		Subject:  seat.Subject{Scope: cc.ScopeModule, ID: observer + "." + node, Machine: node},
+		Severity: cc.Warning, Summary: fmt.Sprintf("%s on %s stated no findings within %s of the ask", observer, node, AskedWithin),
+		Headline:    observer + " on " + node + " did not state its findings",
+		Explanation: "The keeper asked " + observer + " on " + node + " to state its findings and heard nothing; its conditions stand as they were.",
+		Source:      "findings-asked", Observer: Module, At: now, Evidence: []seat.Evidence{{At: now, Said: "ask " + ask + " unanswered"}}}
+	raw, err := json.Marshal(f)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return k.Finding(Module, f.Key, raw, false)
+}
+
+func unstatedKey(observer, node string) string {
+	return cc.Key(cc.ScopeModule, observer+"."+node, KindFindingsUnstated)
+}
+
+// clearUnstated clears the finding findings-unstated of the observer on the node: it stated.
+func (k *Keeper) clearUnstated(observer, node string) {
+	k.mu.Lock()
+	k.init()
+	_, held := k.findings[Module][unstatedKey(observer, node)]
+	k.mu.Unlock()
+	if held {
+		if err := k.Finding(Module, unstatedKey(observer, node), nil, true); err != nil {
+			k.Logf("%v", err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// FindingsViews answers each observer and node: its last stated set with its at, its pending keys and its open asks.
+func (k *Keeper) FindingsViews() []map[string]any {
+	k.mu.Lock()
+	defer k.mu.Unlock()
+	k.init()
+	var out []map[string]any
+	for _, v := range k.views {
+		if v.observer == "" {
+			continue
+		}
+		pending, asks := []string{}, []string{}
+		for key := range v.Pending {
+			pending = append(pending, key)
+		}
+		for ask := range v.Asks {
+			asks = append(asks, ask)
+		}
+		sort.Strings(pending)
+		sort.Strings(asks)
+		out = append(out, map[string]any{"observer": v.observer, "node": v.node, "stated": map[string]any{"at": v.At, "findings": v.Findings},
+			"pending": pending, "asks": asks})
+	}
+	sort.Slice(out, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return fmt.Sprint(out[i]["observer"], out[i]["node"]) < fmt.Sprint(out[j]["observer"], out[j]["node"])
+	})
+	return out
+}
diff --git a/modules/mesh-conditions/cmd/mesh-conditions/events.go b/modules/mesh-conditions/cmd/mesh-conditions/events.go
index bba53987e..830c8be39 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-conditions/cmd/mesh-conditions/events.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-conditions/cmd/mesh-conditions/events.go
@@ -178,16 +178,20 @@ const notJudged = "not judged within its bound"
 
 // sourceView is what the keeper heard of one observer on one node.
 type sourceView struct {
+	observer, node string
 	// At is the last findings-stated's at; Pending are its pending keys with the end of their bound.
-	At      time.Time
-	Pending map[string]time.Time
+	At       time.Time
+	Pending  map[string]time.Time
+	Findings []seat.Finding
+	// Asks are the asks it has not answered, with the end of their bound (asks.go).
+	Asks map[string]time.Time
 }
 
 // view is the observer's view on the node, made when there is none. Called with mu held.
 func (k *Keeper) view(observer, node string) *sourceView {
 	v := k.views[observer+"."+node]
 	if v == nil {
-		v = &sourceView{Pending: map[string]time.Time{}}
+		v = &sourceView{observer: observer, node: node, Pending: map[string]time.Time{}, Asks: map[string]time.Time{}}
 		k.views[observer+"."+node] = v
 	}
 	return v
@@ -252,6 +256,9 @@ func (k *Keeper) FindingsStated(observer, node string, body []byte) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 	v.At = s.At
+	v.Findings = s.Findings
+	answered := v.Asks
+	v.Asks = map[string]time.Time{}
 	named := map[string]bool{}
 	for _, f := range s.Findings {
 		named[storedFinding(f).Key] = true
@@ -279,6 +286,10 @@ func (k *Keeper) FindingsStated(observer, node string, body []byte) error {
 		}
 	}
 	k.mu.Unlock()
+	for ask := range answered {
+		_ = k.Store.Delete(BoundsState, askedKey(observer, node, ask))
+	}
+	k.clearUnstated(observer, node)
 	sort.Strings(drop)
 	for key := range oldPending {
 		if _, still := v.Pending[key]; !still {
diff --git a/modules/mesh-conditions/cmd/mesh-conditions/hold.go b/modules/mesh-conditions/cmd/mesh-conditions/hold.go
index f37b7da31..8c9247581 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-conditions/cmd/mesh-conditions/hold.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-conditions/cmd/mesh-conditions/hold.go
@@ -232,6 +232,9 @@ func (k *Keeper) BoundPassed(key string) error {
 	if strings.HasPrefix(key, pendingPrefix) {
 		return k.PendingPassed(key)
 	}
+	if strings.HasPrefix(key, askedPrefix) {
+		return k.AskPassed(key)
+	}
 	node, module := splitNodeModule(key)
 	k.mu.Lock()
 	k.init()
diff --git a/modules/mesh-conditions/cmd/mesh-conditions/keeper.go b/modules/mesh-conditions/cmd/mesh-conditions/keeper.go
index 2ca8086a0..ae523a835 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-conditions/cmd/mesh-conditions/keeper.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-conditions/cmd/mesh-conditions/keeper.go
@@ -152,6 +152,12 @@ type Keeper struct {
 	// Holder says, for an observer whose catalog entry claims only seats held once for the mesh, the node the seat list
 	// names as its holder (design 47 G §384); nil, or once false, is an observer on every node.
 	Holder func(observer string) (node string, once bool)
+	// Publish says the body on the subject of the seat's event (findings-asked); Record writes a hand act in the hand-act
+	// log before it is done (design 47 G §390).
+	Publish func(event string, body any) error
+	Record  func(what, why, verb string) error
+	// away are the machines the watchman says are away (design 47 G §389).
+	away map[string]bool
 }
 
 func (k *Keeper) init() {
diff --git a/modules/mesh-conditions/cmd/mesh-conditions/keeper_test.go b/modules/mesh-conditions/cmd/mesh-conditions/keeper_test.go
index f0074bfc0..4105d581f 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-conditions/cmd/mesh-conditions/keeper_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-conditions/cmd/mesh-conditions/keeper_test.go
@@ -481,6 +481,12 @@ func TestTheKeeperSetsItsViewFromWhatAnObserverStates(t *testing.T) {
 		return r.said[len(r.said)-1].Why
 	}
 	t0 := r.now
+	var asked []map[string]any
+	var acts []string
+	r.k.Publish = func(_ string, b any) error { asked = append(asked, b.(map[string]any)); return nil }
+	r.k.Record = func(what, why, verb string) error { acts = append(acts, verb+": "+what); return nil }
+	unstated := cc.Key(cc.ScopeModule, watchman+".ace", KindFindingsUnstated)
+	var ask string
 	steps := []struct {
 		name string
 		do   func() error
@@ -522,6 +528,33 @@ func TestTheKeeperSetsItsViewFromWhatAnObserverStates(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 			return r.k.FindingWritten(selfCheck, "ace", mustJSON(t, func() seat.Finding { x := f(selfCheck, "h"); x.At = t0.Add(7 * time.Minute); return x }()))
 		}, []string{"machine.d.silent", "machine.g.silent"}, "not stated at " + selfCheck + "'s start"},
+		// Design 47 G §390: the ask, findings-unstated and the hand act.
+		{"an ask for every observer waits five minutes on each", func() (err error) {
+			ask, err = r.k.Ask("jochen", "")
+			return err
+		}, []string{"machine.d.silent", "machine.g.silent"}, ""},
+		{"an observer silent past the ask is findings-unstated", func() error {
+			return r.k.AskPassed(askedKey(watchman, "ace", ask))
+		}, []string{"machine.d.silent", "machine.g.silent", unstated}, ""},
+		{"its next findings-stated clears it", func() error {
+			return stated(watchman, "ace", ask, t0.Add(10*time.Minute), nil, f(watchman, "d"))
+		}, []string{"machine.d.silent", "machine.g.silent"}, "its finding went"},
+		{"a machine away is not named", func() error {
+			if _, err := r.k.Ask("jochen", ""); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			r.k.away = map[string]bool{"g14": true}
+			return r.k.AskPassed(askedKey(selfCheck, "g14", asked[len(asked)-1]["ask"].(string)))
+		}, []string{"machine.d.silent", "machine.g.silent"}, ""},
+		{"resync names one module: its hand act and its ask", func() error {
+			if _, err := r.k.ResyncVerb("person.jochen", selfCheck); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			if len(acts) != 1 || asked[len(asked)-1]["module"] != selfCheck || len(r.k.FindingsViews()) == 0 {
+				t.Errorf("hand acts %v, last ask %v", acts, asked[len(asked)-1])
+			}
+			return nil
+		}, []string{"machine.d.silent", "machine.g.silent"}, ""},
 	}
 	for _, s := range steps {
 		if err := s.do(); err != nil {
diff --git a/modules/mesh-conditions/cmd/mesh-conditions/manifest_test.go b/modules/mesh-conditions/cmd/mesh-conditions/manifest_test.go
index fb4a6fe85..98ef5b04b 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-conditions/cmd/mesh-conditions/manifest_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-conditions/cmd/mesh-conditions/manifest_test.go
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func TestTheManifestSaysWhatTheCodeDoes(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	// 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,
-		HeldState: HeldTool, BoundsState: HeldTool, "a resync": Seat + ".resync", "what it reads": InputsTool}
+		HeldState: HeldTool, BoundsState: HeldTool, "a resync": Seat + ".resync", "what it holds of observers": FindingsViewsTool, "what it reads": InputsTool}
 	tools := map[string]bool{}
 	for _, tool := range Tools(&Keeper{}) {
 		tools[tool.Name] = true
diff --git a/modules/mesh-conditions/cmd/mesh-conditions/tools.go b/modules/mesh-conditions/cmd/mesh-conditions/tools.go
index 9e0d80044..621fe6f46 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-conditions/cmd/mesh-conditions/tools.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-conditions/cmd/mesh-conditions/tools.go
@@ -72,11 +72,15 @@ func Tools(k *Keeper) []stdio.Tool {
 				c, err := k.Silence(strArg(args, "key"), d, stdio.CallerOf(args), strArg(args, "why"))
 				return c.Stored(), err
 			}},
-		{Name: Seat + ".resync", Description: "Read every finding again and raise and clear what differs.",
-			Run: func(map[string]any) (any, error) {
-				n, err := k.Resync()
-				return map[string]any{"settled": n}, err
+		{Name: Seat + ".resync", Description: "Ask the observers to state their findings again, every one or the one named, and raise " +
+			"and clear what differs from the open conditions; the call is written in the hand-act log.",
+			Input: obj(map[string]any{"module": str("ask this observer alone; none asks all")}),
+			Run: func(args map[string]any) (any, error) {
+				return k.ResyncVerb(stdio.CallerOf(args), strArg(args, "module"))
 			}},
+		{Name: FindingsViewsTool, Description: "What the keeper holds of each observer and node: its last stated set with its at, " +
+			"its pending keys and its open asks (design 47 G §390).",
+			Run: func(map[string]any) (any, error) { return k.FindingsViews(), nil }},
 		{Name: HistoryTool, Description: "The keeper's history: every transition it said, newest first, at most limit.",
 			Input: obj(map[string]any{"limit": str("how many (default 50)"), "key": str("only this condition")}),
 			Run: func(args map[string]any) (any, error) {