diff --git a/packages/web/src/App.svelte b/packages/web/src/App.svelte
index 2937082..4a9416c 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/App.svelte
+++ b/packages/web/src/App.svelte
@@ -1312,6 +1312,7 @@
   let councilHints = $state<import("./hints").TableHint[] | null>(null);
   async function askCouncil() {
     if (!view) return;
+    if (councilHints !== null) councilUnasked = false; // asked again: theirs to keep
     const { tableHints } = await import("./hints");
     councilHints = tableHints(view);
   }
@@ -1383,11 +1384,18 @@
   /** On a first turn the council speaks unasked, once — a newcomer will
    * not know to ask, and a minute's silence is how they leave. */
   let counciled = false;
+  /** The unasked advice is for that one turn: it leaves when the turn does. */
+  let councilUnasked = false;
   $effect(() => {
     if (!view || !isYourTurn || prefs.coached || view.turn.round !== 1 || counciled || councilHints !== null) return;
     counciled = true;
+    councilUnasked = true;
     void askCouncil();
   });
+  $effect(() => {
+    if (!councilUnasked || !view) return;
+    if (!isYourTurn || view.turn.round !== 1) { councilHints = null; councilUnasked = false; }
+  });
 
   /** Arrow keys and WASD walk on the board, as they do in the first-person
    * pane — that pane takes the keys itself while it is up. */