diff --git a/packages/ludic.clock/verbs.ludic b/packages/ludic.clock/verbs.ludic
index 74cc37b6..e66b9ce6 100644
--- a/packages/ludic.clock/verbs.ludic
+++ b/packages/ludic.clock/verbs.ludic
@@ -41,11 +41,13 @@ export function clock_advance(clock_st: mut ClockState, gh: float) -> void {
 # a new trip: day one at the start hour, the moon somewhere in its month
 export function clock_reset(clock_st: mut ClockState) -> void {
   if clock_st.ck_dice == null {
-    @alloc_ok("once: the clock's dice, seeded again on every new trip after")
-    clock_st.ck_dice = rng_new(ClockWorld.seed())
+    clock_st.ck_dice = ck_dice_new(ClockWorld.seed())
   } else { rng_seed(clock_st.ck_dice, ClockWorld.seed()) }
   clock_st.ck_day = 1
   clock_st.ck_hours = clock_st.ck_start_hours
   clock_st.ck_moon = rng_span(clock_st.ck_dice, clock_st.ck_moon_lo, clock_st.ck_moon_hi) % 1.0
   q_clear(clock_days(clock_st))
 }
+
+@alloc_ok("once: the clock's dice, seeded again on every new trip after")
+function ck_dice_new(seed: int) -> Rng { return rng_new(seed) }
diff --git a/packages/ludic.fishing/state.ludic b/packages/ludic.fishing/state.ludic
index 2590f7df..43b161b0 100644
--- a/packages/ludic.fishing/state.ludic
+++ b/packages/ludic.fishing/state.ludic
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export function fishing_config(fishing_st: mut FishingState, min_depth: float, d
   fishing_st.fishing_min_depth = min_depth
   fishing_st.fishing_deep = deep
   fishing_st.fishing_seed_n = seed
-  fishing_st.fishing_dice = rng_new(seed)
+  fishing_dice_seed(fishing_st, seed)
 }
 
 export function fishing_facts(fishing_st: FishingState) -> Queue<FishingFact> {
@@ -50,10 +50,21 @@ export function fishing_facts(fishing_st: FishingState) -> Queue<FishingFact> {
 }
 
 function fishing_rand(fishing_st: mut FishingState) -> float {
-  if fishing_st.fishing_dice == null { fishing_st.fishing_dice = rng_new(fishing_st.fishing_seed_n) }
+  if fishing_st.fishing_dice == null { fishing_dice_seed(fishing_st, fishing_st.fishing_seed_n) }
   return rng_float(fishing_st.fishing_dice)
 }
 
+# the line's dice: made the first time, seeded again after (a reset, a new trip)
+function fishing_dice_seed(fishing_st: mut FishingState, seed: int) -> void {
+  if fishing_st.fishing_dice != null {
+    rng_seed(fishing_st.fishing_dice, seed)
+    return
+  }
+  fishing_st.fishing_dice = fishing_dice_new(seed)
+}
+@alloc_ok("once: the line's dice")
+function fishing_dice_new(seed: int) -> Rng { return rng_new(seed) }
+
 function fishing_say(fishing_st: mut FishingState, what: int) -> void {
   let f = fishing_fact_record(fishing_st)
   f.what = what
diff --git a/packages/ludic.fishing/system.ludic b/packages/ludic.fishing/system.ludic
index c3384d66..2c6cc7e3 100644
--- a/packages/ludic.fishing/system.ludic
+++ b/packages/ludic.fishing/system.ludic
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ export function fishing_reset(fishing_st: mut FishingState) -> void {
   fishing_st.fishing_n = 0
   fishing_st.fishing_big = 0
   fishing_st.fishing_leg = false
-  fishing_st.fishing_dice = rng_new(fishing_st.fishing_seed_n)
+  fishing_dice_seed(fishing_st, fishing_st.fishing_seed_n)
   q_clear(fishing_facts(fishing_st))
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/ludic.minimap/grid.ludic b/packages/ludic.minimap/grid.ludic
index f9af4713..de4e15e1 100644
--- a/packages/ludic.minimap/grid.ludic
+++ b/packages/ludic.minimap/grid.ludic
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ export function minimap_config(minimap_st: mut MinimapState, cells: int, cell_m:
   minimap_st.mm_core_n = minimap_st.mm_cells
   @alloc_ok("once per map configured: its explored grid")
   minimap_st.mm_seen = new []int
+  @alloc_ok("once per map configured: as above")
   for i in 0 .. minimap_st.mm_cells * minimap_st.mm_cells { push(minimap_st.mm_seen, 0) }
   minimap_st.mm_land_n = 0
   minimap_st.mm_version += 1
diff --git a/packages/ludic.minimap/pins.ludic b/packages/ludic.minimap/pins.ludic
index 03403852..42ad3889 100644
--- a/packages/ludic.minimap/pins.ludic
+++ b/packages/ludic.minimap/pins.ludic
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ export function minimap_pin_add(minimap_st: mut MinimapState, x: float, z: float
   p.icon = Math.clamp(icon, 0, minimap_st.mm_symbols - 1)
   p.day = MinimapWorld.day()
   p.label = label
+  @alloc_ok("a mark put down: kept, and the map holds at most its most")
   push(minimap_st.mm_pins, p)
   minimap_st.mm_last = p.icon
   return len(minimap_st.mm_pins) - 1
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ export function minimap_pin_put(minimap_st: mut MinimapState, x: float, z: float
   p.colour = Math.clamp(colour, 0, minimap_st.mm_colours - 1)
   p.day = day
   p.label = label
+  @alloc_ok("a mark put down: kept, and the map holds at most its most")
   push(minimap_st.mm_pins, p)
   return len(minimap_st.mm_pins) - 1
 }
@@ -91,7 +93,7 @@ export function minimap_pins_near(minimap_st: mut MinimapState, x: float, z: flo
       }
     }
     if best < 0 { break }
-    push(out, best)
+    kept_push(out, best)
   }
   return out
 }
diff --git a/packages/ludic.net/stun.ludic b/packages/ludic.net/stun.ludic
index 4cf8016a..5cb7ddc1 100644
--- a/packages/ludic.net/stun.ludic
+++ b/packages/ludic.net/stun.ludic
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 # from outside: the router's address and the port it mapped
 
 function net__stun_send(net_st: mut NetState) -> void {
-  @alloc_ok("once: the transport's dice, seeded by its config the first time a STUN request goes")
-  if net_st.net__dice == null { net_st.net__dice = rng_new(net__conf(net_st).seed) }
+  if net_st.net__dice == null { net_st.net__dice = net__dice_new(net__conf(net_st).seed) }
   if net_st.net__stun_ip == 0 {
     let c = net__conf(net_st)
     if len(c.stun_at) > 0 and net_parse_code(net_st, c.stun_at) {
@@ -63,3 +62,6 @@ function net__stun_packet(net_st: mut NetState, n: int) -> bool {
 # what this machine looks like from outside, once STUN has said (0 until then)
 export function net_outside_ip(net_st: NetState) -> int { return net_st.net__pub_ip }
 export function net_outside_port(net_st: NetState) -> int { return net_st.net__pub_port }
+
+@alloc_ok("once: the transport's dice, seeded by its config the first time a STUN request goes")
+function net__dice_new(seed: int) -> Rng { return rng_new(seed) }