diff --git a/dokimi/tests/test_novelty_routing_all_vs_all.py b/dokimi/tests/test_novelty_routing_all_vs_all.py
index 2c3f5b2e6..f3076861b 100644
--- a/dokimi/tests/test_novelty_routing_all_vs_all.py
+++ b/dokimi/tests/test_novelty_routing_all_vs_all.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import functools
 import json
 
 import pytest
@@ -740,3 +741,76 @@ def transport(prompt: str, system: str | None):
     with pytest.raises(SystemExit, match="^1 of 1 model call"):
         args.func(args)
     assert "makes 1 model calls" in capsys.readouterr().err
+
+
+def _word_client(model, provider, role, args, swap=None):
+    """A selector that picks the card holding the request's word, wherever it is shuffled.
+
+    With ``swap``, it picks the card holding ``swap[word]`` instead.
+    """
+    def transport(prompt: str, system: str | None):
+        request, cards = prompt.split("REQUEST:", 1)[1].split("TOOLS:", 1)
+        word = (swap or {}).get(request.strip(), request.strip())
+        lines = cards.strip().splitlines()
+        return json.dumps({"pick": next(i + 1 for i, line in enumerate(lines)
+                                        if word in line)}), None
+    return LLMClient(model=model, provider=provider, role=role, transport=transport)
+
+
+def test_the_seed_on_the_command_line_is_the_seed_the_saved_model_arm_records(
+        tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    import dokimi.commands.novelty as novelty_cmd
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(novelty_cmd, "_client", _word_client)
+    root = tmp_path / "catalog"
+    _cat(root, {"perf": "profile a slow binary", "db": "tune a slow database query"})
+    queries = _write_queries(tmp_path, {"perf": ["profile"], "db": ["database"]})
+    out = tmp_path / "o.json"
+    args = _parse("novelty", "routing", "--all-vs-all", "--catalog", str(root),
+                  "--queries-by-skill", str(queries), "--out", str(out), "--model", "m",
+                  "--seed", "5")
+    args.func(args)
+    model = json.loads(out.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))["result"]["model"]
+    assert (model["model"], model["seed"]) == ("m", 5)
+
+
+def test_console_prints_the_top_five_attractors_of_each_arm_by_count(
+        tmp_path, capsys, monkeypatch):
+    # Lexically, each of six skills takes the gold queries that name its word: alpha one, ...
+    # foxtrot six. The selector sends each word to the mirror skill's card instead (alpha's
+    # to foxtrot), so the model arm counts the other way round and leaves out foxtrot.
+    import dokimi.commands.novelty as novelty_cmd
+
+    words = {"alpha": "anvil", "bravo": "barley", "charlie": "cobalt", "delta": "dune",
+             "echo": "ember", "foxtrot": "fjord"}
+    mirror = dict(zip(words.values(), reversed(words.values()), strict=True))
+    monkeypatch.setattr(novelty_cmd, "_client", functools.partial(_word_client, swap=mirror))
+    root = tmp_path / "catalog"
+    _cat(root, {**words, "gold": "something unrelated entirely"})
+    queries = _write_queries(tmp_path, {"gold": [word for count, word in
+                                                 enumerate(words.values(), 1)
+                                                 for _ in range(count)]})
+    args = _parse("novelty", "routing", "--all-vs-all", "--catalog", str(root),
+                  "--queries-by-skill", str(queries), "--out", str(tmp_path / "o.json"),
+                  "--model", "m")
+    args.func(args)
+    lines = [line for line in capsys.readouterr().out.splitlines() if "sibling" in line]
+    top_five = {"lexical": [("foxtrot", 6), ("echo", 5), ("delta", 4), ("charlie", 3),
+                            ("bravo", 2)],
+                "model": [("alpha", 6), ("bravo", 5), ("charlie", 4), ("delta", 3),
+                          ("echo", 2)]}
+    assert lines == [f"{arm}: {name} picked for {count} of 21 sibling queries (from gold)"
+                     for arm, rows in top_five.items() for name, count in rows]
+
+
+def test_attractors_tied_on_count_and_golds_tied_in_from_are_in_name_order():
+    # zeta comes first in the field and mu first in the queries: name order has to win.
+    field = [Candidate("zeta", "zebra stripes"), Candidate("alpha", "apple orchard"),
+             Candidate("mu", "something unrelated entirely"),
+             Candidate("beta", "another unrelated thing")]
+    queries = {"mu": ["apple", "orchard", "zebra"], "beta": ["zebra"], "zeta": ["stripes"]}
+    assert all_vs_all(field, queries)["lexical"]["attractors"] == [
+        {"skill": "alpha", "wrongly_picked": 2, "sibling_queries": 5, "rate": 0.4,
+         "from": ["mu"]},
+        {"skill": "zeta", "wrongly_picked": 2, "sibling_queries": 4, "rate": 0.5,
+         "from": ["beta", "mu"]}]