diff --git a/k8s/site/site.js b/k8s/site/site.js
index 2768262..6fdc6df 100644
--- a/k8s/site/site.js
+++ b/k8s/site/site.js
@@ -138,33 +138,153 @@ const make = (tag, cls, value) => {
 
 const scrollDown = () => (screen.scrollTop = screen.scrollHeight);
 
+// ---------- typewriter ----------
+// print() never renders directly: it queues fully-built line nodes and this
+// machine writes them character by character. A keypress or click while
+// typing is active dumps the pending output instantly; `clear` drops it.
+const TYPE_MS = matchMedia("(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)").matches ? 0 : 5;
+let queue = [];
+let typing = null;
+let fast = false;
+let gen = 0;
+let dumpNow = null;
+
+// finish every pending line synchronously, then let the queue drain instantly
+const flatten = (node) =>
+  node.segs.forEach((seg) => node.append(seg.href ? anchor(seg) : seg.text));
+
+const flush = () => {
+  if (!typing && !queue.length) return;
+  fast = true;
+  if (dumpNow) dumpNow();
+  else if (typing) write();
+  else pump();
+};
+
+const kill = () => {
+  gen++;
+  queue.length = 0;
+  typing = null;
+  dumpNow = null;
+  fast = false;
+};
+
 function print(value, arg) {
   const resolved = typeof value === "function" ? value(arg) : value;
+  const lines = [];
   if (resolved && resolved.error) {
-    out.append(make("div", "line err", resolved.error));
-    resolved.more.forEach((line) => out.append(make("div", "line dim", line)));
+    lines.push(build(resolved.error, "line err"));
+    resolved.more.forEach((line) => lines.push(build(line, "line dim")));
   } else {
-    split(render(resolved, arg)).forEach((line) => out.append(linked(line)));
+    split(render(resolved, arg)).forEach((line) => lines.push(build(line, "line out")));
   }
-  scrollDown();
+  queue.push(lines);
+  pump();
 }
 
-// Turn `label -> url` (or a bare url) into text plus real anchors.
+// Split a line into typed fragments: plain text, or a link that lands whole.
 const LINK = /(https?:\/\/\S+|mailto:\S+)/;
 
-function linked(line) {
-  const node = make("span", "line out");
-  if (!LINK.test(line)) return (node.textContent = line), node;
-  const arrow = line.indexOf("->");
-  if (arrow > 0) node.append(line.slice(0, arrow));
-  (arrow > 0 ? line.slice(arrow + 2) : line).split(LINK).forEach((part) => {
-    if (!LINK.test(part)) return node.append(part);
-    const anchor = make("a", null, part);
-    anchor.href = part;
-    if (part.startsWith("http")) anchor.rel = "noopener me";
-    node.append(anchor);
-  });
+function build(line, cls) {
+  const node = make("span", cls);
+  const segs = [];
+  if (!LINK.test(line)) {
+    segs.push({ text: line || "\u200b" });
+  } else {
+    const arrow = line.indexOf("->");
+    if (arrow > 0) segs.push({ text: line.slice(0, arrow) });
+    (arrow > 0 ? line.slice(arrow + 2) : line).split(LINK).forEach((part) => {
+      if (!part) return;
+      if (!LINK.test(part)) return segs.push({ text: part });
+      segs.push({ href: part, text: part });
+    });
+  }
+  node.segs = segs;
   return node;
+};
+
+const anchor = (seg) => {
+  const a = make("a", null, seg.text);
+  a.href = seg.href;
+  if (!seg.href.startsWith("mailto:")) a.rel = "noopener me";
+  return a;
+};
+
+function pump() {
+  if (typing || !queue.length) return;
+  typing = { g: gen, lines: queue.shift(), i: 0 };
+  write();
+}
+
+function write() {
+  if (!typing) return;
+  if (typing.i >= typing.lines.length) {
+    typing = null;
+    if (!queue.length) fast = false;
+    scrollDown();
+    return pump();
+  }
+  const node = typing.lines[typing.i];
+  out.append(node);
+  if (fast) {
+    flatten(node);
+    typing.i++;
+    scrollDown();
+    return write();
+  }
+  const g = typing.g;
+  typeSegs(node, g, () => {
+    if (typing && typing.g === g) typing.i++;
+    write();
+  });
+}
+
+function typeSegs(node, g, ready) {
+  const segs = node.segs;
+  if (!TYPE_MS) return dump(segs, null);
+  const caret = make("span", "cursor");
+  let si = 0, ci = 0, tn = null;
+  node.append(caret);
+  dumpNow = () => { dumpNow = null; dump(segs, caret); };
+
+  (function tick() {
+    if (g !== gen) return;
+    if (fast) return dump(segs, caret);
+    if (si >= segs.length) return dump(segs, caret);
+    const seg = segs[si];
+    if (seg.href) {
+      node.insertBefore(anchor(seg), caret);
+      si++;
+      return setTimeout(tick, TYPE_MS * 6);
+    }
+    if (!tn) {
+      tn = document.createTextNode("");
+      node.insertBefore(tn, caret);
+    }
+    if (ci < seg.text.length) {
+      tn.appendData(seg.text[ci++]);
+      if (ci % 8 === 0) scrollDown();
+      return setTimeout(tick, TYPE_MS);
+    }
+    si++, (ci = 0), (tn = null);
+    tick();
+  })();
+
+  function dump(segs, caret) {
+    dumpNow = null;
+    if (tn) {
+      const seg = segs[si];
+      if (seg && !seg.href) tn.appendData(seg.text.slice(ci));
+      si++, (ci = 0);
+    }
+    caret && caret.remove();
+    for (; si < segs.length; si++) {
+      const seg = segs[si];
+      seg.href ? node.append(anchor(seg)) : node.append(seg.text);
+    }
+    scrollDown();
+    ready();
+  }
 }
 
 // ---------- the loop ----------
@@ -186,9 +306,10 @@ function execute(raw) {
   const arg = rest.join(" ");
   const name = word.toLowerCase();
 
+  flush();
   out.append(make("div", "line cmd", raw));
   if (!name) return scrollDown();
-  if (name === "clear") return (out.textContent = "");
+  if (name === "clear") return kill(), (out.textContent = "");
 
   const wanted = ALIASES[name] || name;
   const found =
@@ -221,6 +342,7 @@ form.addEventListener("submit", (event) => {
 });
 
 input.addEventListener("keydown", (event) => {
+  flush();
   if (event.key === "ArrowUp") { event.preventDefault(); recall(-1); }
   if (event.key === "ArrowDown") { event.preventDefault(); recall(1); }
   if (event.key !== "Tab") return;
@@ -230,6 +352,7 @@ input.addEventListener("keydown", (event) => {
 });
 
 screen.addEventListener("click", () => {
+  flush();
   if (!getSelection().toString()) input.focus();
 });