diff --git a/modules/messenger/cmd/messenger/answers_test.go b/modules/messenger/cmd/messenger/answers_test.go
index cdffa473..808d22b2 100644
--- a/modules/messenger/cmd/messenger/answers_test.go
+++ b/modules/messenger/cmd/messenger/answers_test.go
@@ -161,7 +161,11 @@ func (m *memAsks) PutLinksAsked(key string, times []time.Time) error {
 var rootFreeOf = map[*Holder]map[string]string{}
 
 // told is what the router published to askers, by subject.
-type told struct{ by map[string][]asks.Warrant }
+type told struct {
+	by map[string][]asks.Warrant
+	// asked are the asks the router said it took, by subject (sayAsked).
+	asked map[string][]map[string]any
+}
 
 func (w *told) of(asker string) []asks.Warrant { return w.by[asks.DecidedSubject(asker)] }
 
@@ -171,7 +175,7 @@ func newRouter(t *testing.T) (*Holder, *fakeChannel, *fakeChannel, *clock, *memA
 	t.Helper()
 	h, tg, dt, c, _ := newHolder(t)
 	store := newMemAsks()
-	w := &told{by: map[string][]asks.Warrant{}}
+	w := &told{by: map[string][]asks.Warrant{}, asked: map[string][]map[string]any{}}
 	bench := NewBench(c.now)
 	bench.SetKinds([]KindInfo{
 		{Kind: "telegram", Module: "telegram", Node: "anchor", Capabilities: []string{"deliver", "reaches-away", "choice", "edit",
@@ -204,6 +208,9 @@ func newRouter(t *testing.T) (*Holder, *fakeChannel, *fakeChannel, *clock, *memA
 		if wt, ok := body.(asks.Warrant); ok {
 			w.by[subject] = append(w.by[subject], wt)
 		}
+		if m, ok := body.(map[string]any); ok && strings.HasPrefix(subject, "mesh.seat."+asks.Seat+".event."+AskedEvent+".") {
+			w.asked[subject] = append(w.asked[subject], m)
+		}
 		return nil
 	}
 	return h, tg, dt, c, store, w
@@ -325,6 +332,10 @@ func TestWithoutALinkedAccountOnlyTheMeshMCPServerApproves(t *testing.T) {
 		!strings.Contains(rec.HeldWhy, "no Telegram account is linked") {
 		t.Fatalf("not held: %+v %+v", rec, w.of("mesh-delivery"))
 	}
+	// Held or shown, the ask is said taken on the bus for its asker, so a session hears it open (2026-10-30).
+	if said := w.asked[askedSubject("mesh-delivery")]; len(said) != 1 || said[0]["ask"] != "d-1" || said[0]["state"] != StateHeld {
+		t.Fatalf("the ask taken is not said on %s: %+v", askedSubject("mesh-delivery"), said)
+	}
 	if len(dt.sends) != 0 {
 		t.Errorf("the desk was offered an ask with an approval: %+v", dt.sends)
 	}
diff --git a/modules/messenger/cmd/messenger/asks.go b/modules/messenger/cmd/messenger/asks.go
index 08a53a95..79031de1 100644
--- a/modules/messenger/cmd/messenger/asks.go
+++ b/modules/messenger/cmd/messenger/asks.go
@@ -560,6 +560,7 @@ func (h *Holder) TakeAsk(verb, asker string, body json.RawMessage) error {
 	} else {
 		h.keepAsk(key, rec, 0)
 	}
+	h.sayAsked(asker, a, rec)
 	if rec.State == StateHeld {
 		h.Logf("[messenger] %s asks %q (%s): held, not shown: %s", asker, a.Headline, a.ID, rec.HeldWhy)
 		return nil
@@ -568,6 +569,31 @@ func (h *Holder) TakeAsk(verb, asker string, body json.RawMessage) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// AskedEvent is the seat's event that an ask was taken, said for its asker as decided is (ADR 0259 §3): a session
+// waits on `operator-channel.asked.<asker>` to hear an ask open, and on `operator-channel.decided.<asker>` to hear
+// its answer (the operator, 2026-10-30: "you should be able to hook into approval requests so you also get a
+// notification"). The SDK names decided's subject; asked's is named here until the SDK's asks contract carries it.
+const AskedEvent = "asked"
+
+// askedSubject is where the router says an ask of an asker was taken.
+func askedSubject(asker string) string {
+	return "mesh.seat." + asks.Seat + ".event." + AskedEvent + "." + asker
+}
+
+// sayAsked says on the bus that an ask was taken, open or held: its id, asker, what it is about, its headline (the
+// words the operator's phone shows, already judged to carry nothing that may not leave the mesh) and when it ends.
+// Never its options' bindings or its whole words. A failure is said in the log and holds nothing: the ask stands.
+func (h *Holder) sayAsked(asker string, a asks.Ask, rec AskRecord) {
+	if h.Publish == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	body := map[string]any{"ask": a.ID, "asker": asker, "about": a.About, "headline": a.Headline, "state": rec.State,
+		"opened": rec.Opened.UTC(), "expires": a.Expires}
+	if err := h.Publish(askedSubject(asker), body, "asked."+ticket()); err != nil {
+		h.Logf("[messenger] the ask %s of %s is taken and could not be said on the bus: %v", a.ID, asker, err)
+	}
+}
+
 // ticketsFor is every option's ticket on every kind that can carry the ask's highest level now: an ask with an
 // approval is answered only where it could be approved (answerLevel). None when no ready channel can.
 func (h *Holder) ticketsFor(a asks.Ask) map[string]Ticket {
diff --git a/modules/messenger/cmd/messenger/manifest_test.go b/modules/messenger/cmd/messenger/manifest_test.go
index 2281501b..6e926a9a 100644
--- a/modules/messenger/cmd/messenger/manifest_test.go
+++ b/modules/messenger/cmd/messenger/manifest_test.go
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ func TestItDeclaresTheSeatsOfAnAskAndHoldsTheOperatorChannel(t *testing.T) { //
 	m, _ := readManifest(t)
 	verbs := []string{"open", "history", "notify", "tell", "asks"}
 	want := []seat{
-		{Name: asks.Seat, Scope: "mesh", Serves: verbs, Accepts: []string{"ask", "cancel", "condition"}, Emits: []string{"decided"},
-			ByCaller: []string{"ask", "cancel", "condition", "decided"}, Records: []string{"asks"}},
+		{Name: asks.Seat, Scope: "mesh", Serves: verbs, Accepts: []string{"ask", "cancel", "condition"}, Emits: []string{"decided", "asked"},
+			ByCaller: []string{"ask", "cancel", "condition", "decided", "asked"}, Records: []string{"asks"}},
 		{Name: asks.ChannelSeat, Scope: "mesh", Kinded: true, Accepts: []string{asks.Show, asks.Edit, asks.Send}},
 		{Name: asks.IntakeSeat, Scope: "mesh", Kinded: true,
 			Emits: []string{asks.Chosen, asks.Link, asks.FailedWhat, asks.StandingWhat}, Proofs: []string{asks.CodeProof}},
diff --git a/modules/messenger/module.json b/modules/messenger/module.json
index 4aceaebe..85c91b26 100644
--- a/modules/messenger/module.json
+++ b/modules/messenger/module.json
@@ -20,13 +20,15 @@
         "condition"
       ],
       "emits": [
-        "decided"
+        "decided",
+        "asked"
       ],
       "by-caller": [
         "ask",
         "cancel",
         "condition",
-        "decided"
+        "decided",
+        "asked"
       ],
       "records": [
         "asks"