diff --git a/internal/plugin/adventure_babysit.go b/internal/plugin/adventure_babysit.go
index 3cd62bd..8c48124 100644
--- a/internal/plugin/adventure_babysit.go
+++ b/internal/plugin/adventure_babysit.go
@@ -144,7 +144,14 @@ func (p *AdventurePlugin) performBabysitPurchase(uid id.UserID, days int, idemKe
 		// on the re-offer. The settled fee is what tells that apart from somebody
 		// who really does already have one.
 		if idemKey != "" && p.euro != nil && p.euro.HasExternalTx(idemKey) {
-			return babysitOutcome{Days: days, PetName: char.PetName}, nil
+			// Re-quote the fee rather than leaving it zero: the verdict this
+			// feeds prints the coin figure, and "0 coins" would be a false
+			// receipt for a hire the player did pay for.
+			return babysitOutcome{
+				Days:    days,
+				Cost:    babysitDailyCost(dndLevelForUser(char.UserID)) * days,
+				PetName: char.PetName,
+			}, nil
 		}
 		return babysitOutcome{}, refuseAdv(errBabysitActive, "🍼 The babysitter is already here. They're not leaving until the job is done.")
 	}
diff --git a/internal/plugin/bootstrap_pete_news.go b/internal/plugin/bootstrap_pete_news.go
index c647538..20e83b3 100644
--- a/internal/plugin/bootstrap_pete_news.go
+++ b/internal/plugin/bootstrap_pete_news.go
@@ -76,7 +76,11 @@ type zoneFirstClear struct {
 // SQLite returns the user_id from the same row as MIN(completed_at) (bare-column
 // min/max rule), so the (zone, first clearer, time) triple is internally
 // consistent.
-func zoneFirstClears() []zoneFirstClear {
+// ok is false only when the read itself failed. A caller that is about to mark
+// a one-shot job complete has to be able to tell "no zone has ever been cleared"
+// from "the query fell over", or a transient DB fault at boot retires the repair
+// permanently.
+func zoneFirstClears() (firsts []zoneFirstClear, ok bool) {
 	rows, err := db.Get().Query(
 		`SELECT zone_id, user_id, MIN(completed_at)
 		   FROM dnd_zone_run
@@ -84,11 +88,10 @@ func zoneFirstClears() []zoneFirstClear {
 		  GROUP BY zone_id`)
 	if err != nil {
 		slog.Error("backfill: zone-firsts query", "err", err)
-		return nil
+		return nil, false
 	}
 	defer rows.Close()
 
-	var firsts []zoneFirstClear
 	for rows.Next() {
 		var f zoneFirstClear
 		if err := rows.Scan(&f.zoneID, &f.userID, &f.completedAt); err != nil {
@@ -97,7 +100,11 @@ func zoneFirstClears() []zoneFirstClear {
 		}
 		firsts = append(firsts, f)
 	}
-	return firsts
+	if err := rows.Err(); err != nil {
+		slog.Error("backfill: zone-firsts rows", "err", err)
+		return nil, false
+	}
+	return firsts, true
 }
 
 // bootstrapRealmFirstsReseed repairs the zone half of news_realm_firsts.
@@ -131,8 +138,16 @@ func bootstrapRealmFirstsReseed() {
 		return
 	}
 
+	clears, ok := zoneFirstClears()
+	if !ok {
+		// The read failed. Leave the job unmarked so the next boot tries again —
+		// marking it here would retire the repair on the strength of a transient
+		// DB fault and leave the ledger wrong forever.
+		return
+	}
+
 	seeded := 0
-	for _, f := range zoneFirstClears() {
+	for _, f := range clears {
 		ts, ok := parseSQLiteTime(f.completedAt)
 		if !ok {
 			slog.Warn("reseed: unparseable clear time", "zone", f.zoneID, "at", f.completedAt)
@@ -155,7 +170,7 @@ func bootstrapRealmFirstsReseed() {
 // dispatch per zone, attributed to its earliest boss-defeating clearer.
 // Returns the count emitted.
 func (p *AdventurePlugin) backfillZoneFirsts() int {
-	firsts := zoneFirstClears()
+	firsts, _ := zoneFirstClears()
 
 	n := 0
 	for _, f := range firsts {
diff --git a/internal/plugin/bootstrap_realm_firsts_test.go b/internal/plugin/bootstrap_realm_firsts_test.go
index 47c4fdf..662c685 100644
--- a/internal/plugin/bootstrap_realm_firsts_test.go
+++ b/internal/plugin/bootstrap_realm_firsts_test.go
@@ -140,8 +140,12 @@ func TestZoneFirstClearsCountsRetiredKills(t *testing.T) {
 		(run_id, user_id, zone_id, total_rooms, boss_defeated, abandoned, completed_at)
 		VALUES ('r7', '@josie:x', 'forest_shadows', 6, 1, 1, '2026-02-14 09:00:00')`)
 
+	clears, ok := zoneFirstClears()
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatal("zoneFirstClears reported a read failure")
+	}
 	byZone := map[string]zoneFirstClear{}
-	for _, f := range zoneFirstClears() {
+	for _, f := range clears {
 		byZone[f.zoneID] = f
 	}
 	if len(byZone) != 3 {
diff --git a/internal/plugin/dnd_expedition_extract.go b/internal/plugin/dnd_expedition_extract.go
index 2019bc4..a81c709 100644
--- a/internal/plugin/dnd_expedition_extract.go
+++ b/internal/plugin/dnd_expedition_extract.go
@@ -508,8 +508,15 @@ func (p *AdventurePlugin) performResume(uid id.UserID, loadoutTok, idemKey strin
 		// re-offer; the settled debit is what tells that apart from a player who
 		// really is already out. Same tell as performExpeditionStart's.
 		if idemKey != "" && p.euro != nil && p.euro.HasExternalTx(idemKey) {
-			return resumeOutcome{Zone: zone, Day: existing.CurrentDay,
-				Supplies: existing.Supplies, Threat: existing.ThreatLevel}, nil
+			out := resumeOutcome{Zone: zone, Day: existing.CurrentDay,
+				Supplies: existing.Supplies, Threat: existing.ThreatLevel}
+			// Re-price the same loadout at the same tier so the verdict this feeds
+			// can still say what it cost. Leaving Purchase zero would file a
+			// "re-outfitted for 0 coins" receipt for a trip that was paid for.
+			if pp, perr := resolveLoadoutOrParse(strings.TrimSpace(loadoutTok), zone.Tier); perr == nil {
+				out.Purchase = pp
+			}
+			return out, nil
 		}
 		return resumeOutcome{}, refuseAdv(errResumeBusy,
 			"You already have an active expedition in **%s** (Day %d). Finish it or `!expedition abandon` first.",
diff --git a/internal/plugin/zone_graph_nav.go b/internal/plugin/zone_graph_nav.go
index 08c5d9b..6dd17d4 100644
--- a/internal/plugin/zone_graph_nav.go
+++ b/internal/plugin/zone_graph_nav.go
@@ -436,8 +436,19 @@ func completeRunAtNode(runID string, boss bool) error {
 	if boss {
 		bossI = 1
 	}
+	// Only a boss kill is a clear. This function also closes a non-boss
+	// dead-end — the party simply ran out of map — and beatRunEnd is
+	// first-writer-wins, so calling that "cleared" would put a lie in the
+	// liveblog and the run summary that nothing downstream could correct.
+	// "ended" is deliberately outside the {cleared,died,retreated,abandoned}
+	// set: the prompt renderer already degrades an unknown outcome to a
+	// neutral "the run ended", which is exactly what happened.
 	if run, _ := getZoneRun(runID); run != nil {
-		beatRunEnd(run, "cleared")
+		outcome := "ended"
+		if boss {
+			outcome = "cleared"
+		}
+		beatRunEnd(run, outcome)
 	}
 	_, err := db.Get().Exec(`
 		UPDATE dnd_zone_run