diff --git a/node-tools/internal/console/address.go b/node-tools/internal/console/address.go
index 15bac45..cf7ed7e 100644
--- a/node-tools/internal/console/address.go
+++ b/node-tools/internal/console/address.go
@@ -1170,7 +1170,11 @@ func (s *Surface) discover(ctx context.Context, name string, args map[string]any
 			}
 			return failure(why)
 		}
-		content := []map[string]any{{"type": "text", "text": pretty(got.Result)}}
+		result, unread := resolveSent(s.conn, got.Result)
+		content := []map[string]any{{"type": "text", "text": pretty(result)}}
+		if unread != "" {
+			content = append(content, map[string]any{"type": "text", "text": unread})
+		}
 		if got.Node != "" {
 			content = append(content, map[string]any{"type": "text", "text": "answered by " + got.Node})
 		}
diff --git a/node-tools/internal/console/sent.go b/node-tools/internal/console/sent.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6276914
--- /dev/null
+++ b/node-tools/internal/console/sent.go
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package console
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/buscalls"
+	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/stateobjects"
+	"github.com/novox/mesh-tools/node-tools/internal/bus"
+)
+
+// resolveSent is the answer a person reads (ADR 0666 §16): an answer a module sent as a reference to an object of its
+// sent store is read from it when the bus grants this runner's account the read (the standing grant the manifests give
+// the callers of the verb), else shown as its reference with its size and why it was not read.
+func resolveSent(conn *bus.Conn, result json.RawMessage) (json.RawMessage, string) {
+	ref, ok := stateobjects.ReadRef(result)
+	if !ok {
+		return result, ""
+	}
+	whole, err := stateobjects.Receive(result, func(r stateobjects.Ref) ([]byte, error) {
+		got, err := conn.SentGet(buscalls.ObjectsSentGetRequest{Store: r.Store, Object: r.Object, Size: r.Size, Digest: r.Digest})
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		return got.Data, nil
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return result, fmt.Sprintf("the answer is %d bytes, held as the object %s of %s, and was not read: %v", ref.Size, ref.Object, ref.Store, err)
+	}
+	return whole, ""
+}
diff --git a/node-tools/internal/console/sent_test.go b/node-tools/internal/console/sent_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd1d0c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/node-tools/internal/console/sent_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+package console
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"git.novox.be/novox/mesh-sdk/go/stateobjects"
+	"github.com/nats-io/nats.go"
+	"github.com/nats-io/nats.go/jetstream"
+
+	"github.com/novox/mesh-tools/node-tools/internal/bus"
+	"github.com/novox/mesh-tools/node-tools/internal/meshtest"
+)
+
+// ADR 0666 §16: an answer a module sent as a reference is read from its sent store for the person asking; one the bus does
+// not let the runner read is shown as its reference with its size and why it was not read.
+func TestAnAnswerSentAsAReferenceIsReadForThePersonAsking(t *testing.T) {
+	nc, err := nats.Connect(meshtest.URL(t))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer nc.Close()
+	js, _ := jetstream.New(nc)
+	obs, err := js.CreateObjectStore(context.Background(), jetstream.ObjectStoreConfig{Bucket: "m_sent-objects"})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	conn, err := bus.Connect(bus.Credential{URL: meshtest.URL(t), Module: "console", Node: "anchor"})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer conn.Close()
+	body := []byte(`{"lines":"` + strings.Repeat("x", 3<<20) + `"}`)
+	sum := sha256.Sum256(body)
+	ref := stateobjects.Ref{Store: "m_sent-objects", Object: "tool.lines." + hex.EncodeToString(sum[:]), Size: int64(len(body)),
+		Digest: hex.EncodeToString(sum[:]), Form: stateobjects.FormVersion}
+	if _, err := obs.PutBytes(context.Background(), ref.Object, body); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if got, unread := resolveSent(conn, stateobjects.Wrap(ref)); unread != "" || string(got) != string(body) {
+		t.Fatalf("read %d bytes of %d, %q", len(got), len(body), unread)
+	}
+	missing := ref
+	missing.Store = "gone_sent-objects"
+	wrapped := stateobjects.Wrap(missing)
+	got, unread := resolveSent(conn, wrapped)
+	if string(got) != string(wrapped) || !strings.Contains(unread, "3145") || !strings.Contains(unread, "gone_sent-objects") {
+		t.Fatalf("an unread answer showed %q and %q", got, unread)
+	}
+	if got, unread := resolveSent(conn, []byte(`{"a":1}`)); unread != "" || string(got) != `{"a":1}` {
+		t.Fatalf("a plain answer showed %q, %q", got, unread)
+	}
+}