diff --git a/go/clients/nodeengineclient/enginereads/enginereads.go b/go/clients/nodeengineclient/enginereads/enginereads.go
index 6f0f27d..7286477 100644
--- a/go/clients/nodeengineclient/enginereads/enginereads.go
+++ b/go/clients/nodeengineclient/enginereads/enginereads.go
@@ -143,6 +143,15 @@ type Statement struct {
 	// EventAt is when the part last heard the seat's event manifest-reads-changed for the node, beside when it asked and
 	// what the engine stated then (issue 1966 note 170: was the event heard, and was it asked again after it).
 	EventAt time.Time `json:"event-at,omitzero"`
+	// Heard is the newest event heard of the node with what it says the engine states, kept so the state shows what the
+	// rules read while the statement is behind it (issue 1975 note 6), and so a part that starts again holds it.
+	Heard *HeardEvent `json:"heard,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// HeardEvent is an event manifest-reads-changed as the part kept it: when the engine said it and what it said.
+type HeardEvent struct {
+	At            time.Time `json:"at"`
+	ManifestReads []string  `json:"manifest-reads,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // Again is a person's ask again of one node, written by the tool and answered by the part that keeps the state.
@@ -473,6 +482,11 @@ func (k *Keeper) take(s Statement) {
 	if at := k.eventAt[s.Node]; at.After(s.EventAt) {
 		s.EventAt = at
 	}
+	if e, ok := k.said[s.Node]; ok {
+		if at, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339Nano, e.At); err == nil {
+			s.Heard = &HeardEvent{At: at.UTC(), ManifestReads: slices.Clone(e.ManifestReads)}
+		}
+	}
 	if !s.Answered {
 		s.UnansweredSince = s.AskedAt
 		if old, ok := k.by[s.Node]; ok && !old.Answered && !old.UnansweredSince.IsZero() {
@@ -481,6 +495,7 @@ func (k *Keeper) take(s Statement) {
 	}
 	if old, ok := k.by[s.Node]; ok && !s.Answered && old.From != FromNone {
 		old.Answered, old.AskedAt, old.Words, old.AskAgain, old.UnansweredSince = false, s.AskedAt, s.Words, nil, s.UnansweredSince
+		old.Heard = s.Heard
 		s = old
 	}
 	k.by[s.Node] = s
@@ -529,6 +544,15 @@ func (k *Keeper) Heard(node string, raw []byte, deleted bool) {
 	_, had := k.by[node]
 	if !had {
 		k.by[node] = s
+		if h := s.Heard; h != nil && !h.At.IsZero() {
+			if k.said == nil {
+				k.said, k.catching = map[string]nodeengine.ManifestReadsChangedEvent{}, map[string]int{}
+			}
+			if _, ok := k.said[node]; !ok {
+				k.said[node] = nodeengine.ManifestReadsChangedEvent{V: ContractVersion, Node: node, Why: ReadsStarted,
+					At: h.At.UTC().Format(time.RFC3339Nano), ManifestReads: slices.Clone(h.ManifestReads)}
+			}
+		}
 	}
 	k.mu.Unlock()
 	if !had && k.Changed != nil {
diff --git a/go/clients/nodeengineclient/enginereads/enginereads_test.go b/go/clients/nodeengineclient/enginereads/enginereads_test.go
index c957e9c..2efe8d6 100644
--- a/go/clients/nodeengineclient/enginereads/enginereads_test.go
+++ b/go/clients/nodeengineclient/enginereads/enginereads_test.go
@@ -246,6 +246,22 @@ func TestAStatementOlderThanAHeardEventDoesNotStand(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("after the event's ask: %v, %d calls", s.ManifestReads, calls)
 	}
 
+	// The event heard is in the node's statement as the part keeps it, and a part that starts again holds it.
+	var kept []byte
+	keeper := &Keeper{Sync: true, Put: func(_ string, v []byte) error { kept = v; return nil }, Call: func(string, string, any) (json.RawMessage, error) {
+		return answer(`"seat:a"`, early), nil
+	}}
+	keeper.HeardChanged(event)
+	keeper.AskNode("ace", "x")
+	if st, err := Decode(kept); err != nil || st.Heard == nil || len(st.Heard.ManifestReads) != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("the kept statement shows the event heard as %+v, %v", st.Heard, err)
+	}
+	restarted := &Keeper{Sync: true}
+	restarted.Heard("ace", kept, false)
+	if got := restarted.Reads([]string{"ace"})["ace"]; len(got) != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("a part started again reads %v, want the event's", got)
+	}
+
 	// An engine that answers the old statement to every ask: the event's reads stand, the asks are bounded.
 	calls = 0
 	stuck := &Keeper{Sync: true, Call: func(string, string, any) (json.RawMessage, error) {