diff --git a/packages/web/src/LiveFirstPerson.svelte b/packages/web/src/LiveFirstPerson.svelte
index c3c5a8f..2472c9f 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/LiveFirstPerson.svelte
+++ b/packages/web/src/LiveFirstPerson.svelte
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   import { objectArt, tokenArt } from "./art";
   import { fpFxForEvents, type FpFx } from "./fpv/fx3d";
   import { castRay, SIDE_ANGLE, OPPOSITE } from "./fpv/raycast";
-  import { deepestFacing } from "./fpv/director";
+  import { cutawayStand, deepestFacing } from "./fpv/director";
   import { aimOfEvents, gatherGlides, hurledIn, shortestArc } from "./fpv/director";
   import { onDestroy, untrack } from "svelte";
   import type { GameEvent, GameView, Side } from "@wizwar/engine";
@@ -331,8 +331,7 @@
     const willCut = !camReady || (dist > 1.6 && !hurled);
     cutawayShot = false;
     const takeCutaway = (ax: number, ay: number) => {
-      const a = deepestFacing(v, ax, ay);
-      const d = castRay(v, ax, ay, a).dist;
+      const { facing: a, depth: d } = cutawayStand(v, ax, ay);
       const back = Math.min(1.6, Math.max(0.35, d - 0.4));
       cam.x = ax + Math.cos(a) * back;
       cam.y = ay + Math.sin(a) * back;
diff --git a/packages/web/src/Replay.svelte b/packages/web/src/Replay.svelte
index a3307d8..581d482 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/Replay.svelte
+++ b/packages/web/src/Replay.svelte
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   import { scheduleFx, type BoardFx } from "./fx";
   import { fpFxForEvents, type FpFx } from "./fpv/fx3d";
   import { castRay, edgeMid } from "./fpv/raycast";
-  import { deepestFacing, aimOfEvents, gatherGlides, hurledIn, shortestArc } from "./fpv/director";
+  import { cutawayStand, deepestFacing, aimOfEvents, gatherGlides, hurledIn, shortestArc } from "./fpv/director";
   import { prefs } from "./prefs.svelte";
   import { stackSightTrace } from "@wizwar/engine";
   import type { GameEvent, GameView } from "@wizwar/engine";
@@ -249,8 +249,7 @@
      * corridor, facing it, holding a beat of the world-before so the
      * deed happens ON screen — with the reel's own wizard visible. */
     const takeCutaway = (ax: number, ay: number) => {
-      const a = deepestFacing(v, ax, ay);
-      const d = castRay(v, ax, ay, a).dist;
+      const { facing: a, depth: d } = cutawayStand(v, ax, ay);
       const back = Math.min(1.6, Math.max(0.35, d - 0.4));
       cam.x = ax + Math.cos(a) * back;
       cam.y = ay + Math.sin(a) * back;
diff --git a/packages/web/src/fpv/director.ts b/packages/web/src/fpv/director.ts
index 03b9202..33777fd 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/fpv/director.ts
+++ b/packages/web/src/fpv/director.ts
@@ -143,3 +143,16 @@ export function deepestFacing(view: GameView, x: number, y: number): number {
   }
   return face;
 }
+
+/** Where a cutaway camera may STAND back from a square: rays thread warp
+ * mouths but a body cannot, so a warped ray's ground ends at the mouth.
+ * Returns the richest heading and how far back real floor allows. */
+export function cutawayStand(view: GameView, x: number, y: number): { facing: number; depth: number } {
+  let deepest = -1, facing = 0;
+  for (const a of [0, Math.PI / 2, Math.PI, -Math.PI / 2]) {
+    const h = castRay(view, x, y, a);
+    const d = h.warped && h.warpDist !== undefined ? Math.min(h.dist, h.warpDist) : h.dist;
+    if (d > deepest) { deepest = d; facing = a; }
+  }
+  return { facing, depth: deepest };
+}