diff --git a/e2e/USER_STORIES.md b/e2e/USER_STORIES.md
index ef86b058..b4ba3f77 100644
--- a/e2e/USER_STORIES.md
+++ b/e2e/USER_STORIES.md
@@ -1084,6 +1084,19 @@ Acceptance:
 - Clicking that card opens the quoted post.
 - A quote whose event has not arrived shows a loading placeholder in its place.
 
+### US-140 — Open a quote before it has loaded
+
+As alice, I want a quote to open in the app whether or not its event has
+arrived, so that tapping one never hands me to another client.
+
+Acceptance:
+
+- A quote surrounded by prose renders as a truncated label, and clicking one
+  whose event has not arrived opens a modal saying it is loading, with no new
+  tab opened.
+- A quote whose event has to be fetched opens that event once it arrives.
+- Clicking the label of a quoted thread opens that thread's page.
+
 ### US-066 — See distinctive inline tokens
 
 As alice, I want hashtags, mentions, emoji, code, and addresses to look
@@ -1938,9 +1951,9 @@ hosted checkout and is confirmed by a backend webhook. The Lightning path for
 the same invoice is covered by US-102.
 
 **External link-outs.** Self-hosted and third-party options on the
-space-creation page, the About page's source, blog, podcast and support links,
-and a note's timestamp permalink to another nostr client. The harness blocks
-navigation off the app's origin, so nothing about the destination is observable.
+space-creation page, and the About page's source, blog, podcast and support
+links. The harness blocks navigation off the app's origin, so nothing about the
+destination is observable.
 
 **Diagnostic log sending.** The privacy page's button that bundles client-side
 logs into a DM to the platform's support contact. It targets a hardcoded pubkey
diff --git a/e2e/specs/content-rendering.spec.ts b/e2e/specs/content-rendering.spec.ts
index e7e2d3eb..90b930f0 100644
--- a/e2e/specs/content-rendering.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/specs/content-rendering.spec.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
-import {npubEncode} from "nostr-tools/nip19"
+import {neventEncode, npubEncode} from "nostr-tools/nip19"
 import {HOUR, MINUTE} from "@welshman/lib"
-import {MESSAGE, makeEvent} from "@welshman/util"
+import {MESSAGE, NOTE, makeEvent} from "@welshman/util"
 import {Article, Thread} from "@welshman/domain"
-import {expect, roomPath, spacePath, test, users} from "../harness"
-
-// A handle to a seeded event, which only reads once seed() has drained its queue.
-type Seeded = {readonly id: string}
+import {dialog, expect, message, roomPath, spacePath, test, users} from "../harness"
+import type {SeededEvent} from "../harness"
 
 // @welshman/content takes an invoice only behind a `lightning:` scheme, and renders what follows.
 const INVOICE =
@@ -14,7 +12,7 @@ const INVOICE =
   "agm2awhz5se903vruatfhq77w3ls4evs3ch9zw97j25emudupq63nyw24cg27h2rspfj9"
 
 test("US-060 reveal a flagged sensitive message", async ({seed, as}) => {
-  let flagged!: Seeded
+  let flagged!: SeededEvent
 
   const scenario = await seed(({relay, user, at}) => {
     const space = relay("space")
@@ -100,8 +98,8 @@ test("US-061 expand a long post", async ({seed, as}) => {
 })
 
 test("US-062 see images and video inline", async ({seed, as}) => {
-  let picture!: Seeded
-  let clip!: Seeded
+  let picture!: SeededEvent
+  let clip!: SeededEvent
 
   const scenario = await seed(({relay, user, at}) => {
     const space = relay("space")
@@ -137,9 +135,9 @@ test("US-063 preview a shared link", async ({seed, as}) => {
   const announcement = "https://example.test/announcement"
   const unreadable = "https://example.test/unreadable"
 
-  let standalone!: Seeded
-  let broken!: Seeded
-  let sentence!: Seeded
+  let standalone!: SeededEvent
+  let broken!: SeededEvent
+  let sentence!: SeededEvent
 
   const scenario = await seed(({relay, user, at}) => {
     const space = relay("space")
@@ -199,7 +197,7 @@ test("US-063 preview a shared link", async ({seed, as}) => {
 })
 
 test("US-064 follow a link to another space", async ({seed, as}) => {
-  let reference!: Seeded
+  let reference!: SeededEvent
 
   const scenario = await seed(({relay, user, at}) => {
     const space = relay("space")
@@ -235,10 +233,10 @@ test("US-064 follow a link to another space", async ({seed, as}) => {
 })
 
 test("US-065 see quoted and embedded content", async ({seed, as}) => {
-  let original!: Seeded
-  let reply!: Seeded
-  let thread!: Seeded
-  let threadQuote!: Seeded
+  let original!: SeededEvent
+  let reply!: SeededEvent
+  let thread!: SeededEvent
+  let threadQuote!: SeededEvent
 
   const scenario = await seed(({relay, user, at}) => {
     const space = relay("space")
@@ -296,6 +294,98 @@ test("US-065 see quoted and embedded content", async ({seed, as}) => {
   await page.waitForURL(next => next.pathname === `${spacePath(url)}/threads/${thread.id}`)
 })
 
+test("US-140 open a quote before it has loaded", async ({seed, as}) => {
+  const late = "the tide tables are posted by the ramp"
+
+  let elsewhere!: SeededEvent
+  let fetched!: SeededEvent
+  let thread!: SeededEvent
+
+  const scenario = await seed(({relay, open, user, at}) => {
+    const space = relay("space")
+    const outbox = open("outbox")
+
+    space.room("general", {name: "General"})
+    space.join(user.alice, "general")
+    space.join(user.bob, "general")
+
+    // Bob's note lives on a relay that answers nothing, so the quote naming it cannot resolve.
+    elsewhere = outbox.note(user.bob, "the ferry runs until eight", at(2, HOUR))
+
+    // No space view loads a kind 1, so a quote naming this one resolves only once it is asked for.
+    fetched = space.event(user.bob, () => makeEvent(NOTE, {content: late}), at(2, HOUR))
+
+    thread = space.event(
+      user.bob,
+      () =>
+        space
+          .kind(Thread)
+          .writer()
+          .setRoom(space.url, "general")
+          .setTitle("Roadmap for Q3")
+          .setContent("Here is what we are planning for the next quarter.")
+          .renderTemplate(),
+      at(3, HOUR),
+    )
+
+    // A quote surrounded by prose renders as a truncated label rather than as a card.
+    space.event(
+      user.bob,
+      () =>
+        makeEvent(MESSAGE, {
+          content: `worth reading nostr:${neventEncode({...elsewhere.event, relays: [outbox.url]})} when you have a minute`,
+          tags: [["h", "general"]],
+        }),
+      at(20, MINUTE),
+    )
+
+    space.event(
+      user.bob,
+      () =>
+        makeEvent(MESSAGE, {
+          content: `have a look at nostr:${neventEncode({...thread.event, relays: [space.url]})} before Friday`,
+          tags: [["h", "general"]],
+        }),
+      at(15, MINUTE),
+    )
+
+    space.event(
+      user.bob,
+      () =>
+        makeEvent(MESSAGE, {
+          content: `one more nostr:${neventEncode({...fetched.event, relays: [space.url]})} if you are walking`,
+          tags: [["h", "general"]],
+        }),
+      at(10, MINUTE),
+    )
+  })
+
+  const {url} = scenario.space("space")
+  const page = await as(users.alice, roomPath(url, "general"), {
+    silent: [scenario.open("outbox").url],
+  })
+
+  const label = /^nevent1/
+  const quote = dialog(page, "Quote")
+
+  await message(page, "worth reading").getByRole("button", {name: label}).click()
+
+  await expect(quote).toContainText("Loading event...")
+  expect(page.context().pages()).toHaveLength(1)
+
+  await page.keyboard.press("Escape")
+  await expect(quote).toHaveCount(0)
+
+  await message(page, "one more").getByRole("button", {name: label}).click()
+  await expect(dialog(page, "Note")).toContainText(late)
+
+  await page.keyboard.press("Escape")
+  await expect(dialog(page, "Note")).toHaveCount(0)
+
+  await message(page, "have a look").getByRole("button", {name: label}).click()
+  await page.waitForURL(next => next.pathname === `${spacePath(url)}/threads/${thread.id}`)
+})
+
 test("US-066 see distinctive inline tokens", async ({seed, as}) => {
   const mention = `nostr:${npubEncode(users.bob.pubkey)}`
   const content = [
@@ -306,7 +396,7 @@ test("US-066 see distinctive inline tokens", async ({seed, as}) => {
     "```",
   ].join("\n")
 
-  let tokens!: Seeded
+  let tokens!: SeededEvent
 
   const scenario = await seed(({relay, user, at}) => {
     const space = relay("space")
@@ -350,7 +440,7 @@ test("US-066 see distinctive inline tokens", async ({seed, as}) => {
 })
 
 test("US-067 copy a shared invoice or token", async ({seed, as}) => {
-  let invoice!: Seeded
+  let invoice!: SeededEvent
 
   const scenario = await seed(({relay, user, at}) => {
     const space = relay("space")
diff --git a/src/app/components/Content.svelte b/src/app/components/Content.svelte
index 5aa8fbfa..eb7fd64f 100644
--- a/src/app/components/Content.svelte
+++ b/src/app/components/Content.svelte
@@ -15,12 +15,9 @@
     isLink,
     isProfile,
     isRoom,
-    isEvent,
     isEllipsis,
-    isAddress,
     isNewline,
   } from "@welshman/content"
-  import type {Parsed} from "@welshman/content"
   import {preventDefault, stopPropagation} from "@lib/html"
   import Link from "@lib/components/Link.svelte"
   import Danger from "@assets/icons/danger-triangle.svg?dataurl"
@@ -39,6 +36,7 @@
   import ContentMention from "@app/components/ContentMention.svelte"
   import RoomName from "@app/components/RoomName.svelte"
   import {makeRoomPath} from "@app/routes"
+  import {isQuote} from "@app/quotes"
   import {deriveValidCommands, getCommandsForInvocation} from "@app/commands"
   import {userSettingsValues} from "@app/settings"
 
@@ -113,8 +111,6 @@
 
   const isStartAndEnd = (i: number) => isStart(i) && isEnd(i)
 
-  const isQuote = (p: Parsed) => isEvent(p) || isAddress(p)
-
   let warningDismissed = $state(false)
 
   const ignoreWarning = () => {
diff --git a/src/app/components/ContentMinimal.svelte b/src/app/components/ContentMinimal.svelte
index 2054f6f3..c7ba65a2 100644
--- a/src/app/components/ContentMinimal.svelte
+++ b/src/app/components/ContentMinimal.svelte
@@ -14,12 +14,8 @@
     isInvoice,
     isLink,
     isProfile,
-    isEvent,
-    isAddress,
     isNewline,
   } from "@welshman/content"
-  import type {Parsed} from "@welshman/content"
-  import Link from "@lib/components/Link.svelte"
   import Danger from "@assets/icons/danger-triangle.svg?dataurl"
   import Icon from "@lib/components/Icon.svelte"
   import Button from "@lib/components/Button.svelte"
@@ -31,7 +27,7 @@
   import ContentNewline from "@app/components/ContentNewline.svelte"
   import ContentTopic from "@app/components/ContentTopic.svelte"
   import ContentMention from "@app/components/ContentMention.svelte"
-  import {entityLink} from "@app/env"
+  import {goToQuote, isQuote} from "@app/quotes"
   import {userSettingsValues} from "@app/settings"
 
   type Props = {
@@ -64,8 +60,6 @@
 
   const isStartAndEnd = (i: number) => isStart(i) && isEnd(i)
 
-  const isQuote = (p: Parsed) => isEvent(p) || isAddress(p)
-
   let warningDismissed = $state(false)
 
   const ignoreWarning = () => {
@@ -144,12 +138,11 @@
         {:else if isProfile(parsed)}
           <ContentMention value={parsed.value} {url} />
         {:else if isQuote(parsed)}
-          <Link
-            external
-            class="overflow-hidden text-ellipsis whitespace-nowrap underline"
-            href={entityLink(parsed.raw)}>
+          <Button
+            class="max-w-full cursor-pointer overflow-hidden text-ellipsis whitespace-nowrap underline"
+            onclick={() => goToQuote(parsed.value, event, url)}>
             {fromNostrURI(parsed.raw).slice(0, 16) + "…"}
-          </Link>
+          </Button>
         {:else}
           {@html renderAsHtml(parsed)}
         {/if}
diff --git a/src/app/components/ContentQuote.svelte b/src/app/components/ContentQuote.svelte
index 9f4d991a..7a88afdc 100644
--- a/src/app/components/ContentQuote.svelte
+++ b/src/app/components/ContentQuote.svelte
@@ -1,28 +1,18 @@
 <script lang="ts">
-  import * as nip19 from "nostr-tools/nip19"
-  import {derived, writable} from "svelte/store"
   import {removeUndefined} from "@welshman/lib"
   import type {TrustedEvent} from "@welshman/util"
-  import {
-    Address,
-    MESSAGE,
-    eventOutbox,
-    fromNostrURI,
-    getIdFilters,
-    relays as relaySelections,
-    seen,
-  } from "@welshman/util"
+  import {MESSAGE, fromNostrURI, getIdFilters} from "@welshman/util"
   import Button from "@lib/components/Button.svelte"
   import Spinner from "@lib/components/Spinner.svelte"
   import NoteCard from "@app/components/NoteCard.svelte"
   import NoteContent from "@app/components/NoteContent.svelte"
   import NoteContentMinimal from "@app/components/NoteContentMinimal.svelte"
-  import {events, network, router} from "@app/core"
-  import {entityLink} from "@app/env"
-  import {goToEvent} from "@app/routes"
+  import {events, network} from "@app/core"
+  import {getQuoteIdOrAddress, getQuoteRelays, goToQuote} from "@app/quotes"
+  import type {QuotePointer} from "@app/quotes"
 
   type Props = {
-    value: any
+    value: QuotePointer
     raw: string
     event: TrustedEvent
     inline?: boolean
@@ -31,51 +21,22 @@
 
   const {value, raw, event, inline = false, url}: Props = $props()
 
-  const {id, identifier, kind, pubkey = value.author, relays = []} = value
-  const idOrAddress = id || new Address(kind, pubkey, identifier).toString()
-  const ref = {id, pubkey, kind, identifier, relays}
-  const hints = removeUndefined([...relays, url])
-
-  const mergedRelays = writable(hints)
-
+  const idOrAddress = getQuoteIdOrAddress(value)
+  const hints = removeUndefined([...(value.relays ?? []), url])
   const quote = $events.one(idOrAddress, hints).$
 
-  // Whoever quoted the event must have seen it, so the quoting event's relays are asked too.
-  $router.resolver
-    .relays([
-      ...relaySelections(removeUndefined([url])),
-      seen(ref),
-      eventOutbox(ref),
-      seen(event, 0.5),
-    ])
-    .then(urls => {
-      mergedRelays.set(urls)
-
-      if (!$quote) {
-        $network.loadLenient({filters: getIdFilters([idOrAddress]), relays: urls})
-      }
-    })
-
-  const entity = derived(mergedRelays, $mergedRelays =>
-    id
-      ? nip19.neventEncode({id, relays: $mergedRelays})
-      : new Address(kind, pubkey, identifier, $mergedRelays).toNaddr(),
-  )
-
-  const onclick = () => {
-    if ($quote) {
-      goToEvent($quote)
-    } else {
-      window.open(entityLink($entity))
+  getQuoteRelays(value, event, url).then(relays => {
+    if (!$quote) {
+      $network.loadLenient({filters: getIdFilters([idOrAddress]), relays})
     }
-  }
+  })
 </script>
 
 <Button
   class={inline
     ? "max-w-full cursor-pointer overflow-hidden text-ellipsis whitespace-nowrap underline"
     : "my-2 block w-full max-w-full text-left"}
-  {onclick}>
+  onclick={() => goToQuote(value, event, url)}>
   {#if inline}
     {fromNostrURI(raw).slice(0, 16) + "…"}
   {:else if $quote}
diff --git a/src/app/components/NoteDetail.svelte b/src/app/components/NoteDetail.svelte
index c78a9554..47711fdf 100644
--- a/src/app/components/NoteDetail.svelte
+++ b/src/app/components/NoteDetail.svelte
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   import {onDestroy} from "svelte"
   import {readable} from "svelte/store"
   import type {TrustedEvent} from "@welshman/util"
+  import type {EventPointer} from "nostr-tools/nip19"
   import Reply from "@assets/icons/reply-2.svg?dataurl"
   import Icon from "@lib/components/Icon.svelte"
   import Button from "@lib/components/Button.svelte"
@@ -12,16 +13,16 @@
   import CommentTree from "@app/components/CommentTree.svelte"
   import NoteItem from "@app/components/NoteItem.svelte"
   import {makeFeedContext} from "@app/feeds"
-  import {notes} from "@app/social"
-  import type {CommentNode, NotePointer} from "@app/social"
+  import {getQuoteRef, notes} from "@app/social"
+  import type {CommentNode} from "@app/social"
 
   type Props = {
-    pointer: NotePointer
+    pointer: EventPointer
   }
 
   const {pointer}: Props = $props()
 
-  const relays = $notes.relays(pointer)
+  const relays = $notes.relays(getQuoteRef(pointer))
   const context = makeFeedContext({relays})
   const event = $notes.deriveEvent(pointer)
   const replies = $derived($event ? $notes.deriveReplies($event) : readable<CommentNode[]>([]))
diff --git a/src/app/components/QuoteLoading.svelte b/src/app/components/QuoteLoading.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8d37d4d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/components/QuoteLoading.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+  import {onDestroy} from "svelte"
+  import type {TrustedEvent} from "@welshman/util"
+  import Spinner from "@lib/components/Spinner.svelte"
+  import Modal from "@lib/components/Modal.svelte"
+  import ModalBody from "@lib/components/ModalBody.svelte"
+  import {popModal} from "@app/modal"
+  import {goToEvent} from "@app/routes"
+  import {loadQuote} from "@app/quotes"
+  import type {QuotePointer} from "@app/quotes"
+  import {pushToast} from "@app/toast"
+
+  type Props = {
+    pointer: QuotePointer
+    event: TrustedEvent
+    url?: string
+  }
+
+  const {pointer, event, url}: Props = $props()
+
+  let waiting = true
+
+  onDestroy(() => {
+    waiting = false
+  })
+
+  loadQuote(pointer, event, url).then(quoted => {
+    if (waiting) {
+      popModal()
+
+      if (quoted) {
+        goToEvent(quoted, {replaceState: true})
+      } else {
+        pushToast({theme: "error", message: "Failed to load that event."})
+      }
+    }
+  })
+</script>
+
+<Modal label="Quote">
+  <ModalBody>
+    <div class="flex justify-center py-20">
+      <Spinner loading>Loading event...</Spinner>
+    </div>
+  </ModalBody>
+</Modal>
diff --git a/src/app/quotes.ts b/src/app/quotes.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..14911ba8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/quotes.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import {first, removeUndefined} from "@welshman/lib"
+import {
+  Address,
+  eventOutbox,
+  getIdFilters,
+  relays as relaySelections,
+  seen,
+  sortEventsDesc,
+} from "@welshman/util"
+import type {TrustedEvent} from "@welshman/util"
+import {isAddress, isEvent} from "@welshman/content"
+import type {Parsed, ParsedAddress, ParsedEvent} from "@welshman/content"
+import type {AddressPointer, EventPointer} from "nostr-tools/nip19"
+import {events, network, router} from "@app/core"
+import {pushModal} from "@app/modal"
+import {goToEvent} from "@app/routes"
+import {getQuoteRef} from "@app/social"
+import QuoteLoading from "@app/components/QuoteLoading.svelte"
+
+export type QuotePointer = EventPointer | AddressPointer
+
+export const isQuote = (parsed: Parsed): parsed is ParsedEvent | ParsedAddress =>
+  isEvent(parsed) || isAddress(parsed)
+
+export const getQuoteIdOrAddress = (pointer: QuotePointer) =>
+  "id" in pointer
+    ? pointer.id
+    : new Address(pointer.kind, pointer.pubkey, pointer.identifier).toString()
+
+// Whoever quoted an event saw it, so the relays of the event doing the quoting are asked as well.
+export const getQuoteRelays = (pointer: QuotePointer, event: TrustedEvent, url?: string) => {
+  const ref = getQuoteRef(pointer)
+
+  return router
+    .get()
+    .resolver.relays([
+      ...relaySelections(removeUndefined([url])),
+      seen(ref),
+      eventOutbox(ref),
+      seen(event, 0.5),
+    ])
+}
+
+export const loadQuote = async (pointer: QuotePointer, event: TrustedEvent, url?: string) => {
+  const relays = await getQuoteRelays(pointer, event, url)
+  const filters = getIdFilters([getQuoteIdOrAddress(pointer)])
+
+  // An id names one event, so the relays that answer first have it; an address names the newest.
+  const load = "id" in pointer ? network.get().loadLenient : network.get().loadComplete
+
+  return first(sortEventsDesc(await load({filters, relays})))
+}
+
+// A quote names an event that may not have arrived, so a modal loads it before going anywhere.
+export const goToQuote = (pointer: QuotePointer, event: TrustedEvent, url?: string) => {
+  const loaded = events.get().one(getQuoteIdOrAddress(pointer)).get()
+
+  if (loaded) {
+    goToEvent(loaded)
+  } else {
+    pushModal(QuoteLoading, {pointer, event, url})
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/app/routes.ts b/src/app/routes.ts
index 5f3614ee..8f9ab1c4 100644
--- a/src/app/routes.ts
+++ b/src/app/routes.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import {get, writable} from "svelte/store"
 import * as nip19 from "nostr-tools/nip19"
+import type {EventPointer} from "nostr-tools/nip19"
 import {page} from "$app/stores"
 import {identity, tryCatch} from "@welshman/lib"
 import type {Maybe} from "@welshman/lib"
@@ -21,12 +22,11 @@ import {
 } from "@welshman/util"
 import {app, messagingRelayLists, user} from "@app/core"
 import {makeChatId} from "@app/chats"
-import {entityLink, PLATFORM_URL, PLATFORM_RELAYS} from "@app/env"
+import {PLATFORM_URL, PLATFORM_RELAYS} from "@app/env"
 import {decodeRelay, encodeRelay} from "@app/relays"
 import {DM_KINDS, getActivityTarget} from "@app/content"
 import {navigate, pushModal} from "@app/modal"
-import type {NavigateOptions} from "@app/modal"
-import type {NotePointer} from "@app/social"
+import type {ModalOptions, NavigateOptions} from "@app/modal"
 import ChatEnable from "@app/components/ChatEnable.svelte"
 import NoteDetail from "@app/components/NoteDetail.svelte"
 
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ export const makeEventPermalink = (event: TrustedEvent, url?: string) => {
   if (path) {
     return `${PLATFORM_URL}${path}${path.includes("?") ? "&" : "?"}event=${pointer}`
   } else {
-    return entityLink(pointer)
+    return `${PLATFORM_URL}/${pointer}`
   }
 }
 
@@ -262,10 +262,11 @@ export const scrollToEvent = (id: string) => {
 }
 
 // A note opens over whatever is on screen rather than on a page of its own.
-export const pushNote = (pointer: NotePointer) => pushModal(NoteDetail, {pointer}, {size: "large"})
+export const pushNote = (pointer: EventPointer, options: ModalOptions = {}) =>
+  pushModal(NoteDetail, {pointer}, {size: "large", ...options})
 
 // A url resolving to a note has nothing on screen to open it over, so the app goes behind it.
-export const goToNote = (pointer: NotePointer) => {
+export const goToNote = (pointer: EventPointer) => {
   pushNote(pointer)
 
   return goToHome()
@@ -273,12 +274,8 @@ export const goToNote = (pointer: NotePointer) => {
 
 export const goToEvent = (event: TrustedEvent, options: NavigateOptions = {}) => {
   const urls = Array.from(app.get().tracker.getRelays(event.id))
-
-  if (event.kind === NOTE) {
-    return pushNote({id: event.id, pubkey: event.pubkey, relays: urls})
-  }
-
-  const path = makeEventPath(event, urls)
+  // A note has a page of its own and still opens in a modal, over whatever is on screen.
+  const path = event.kind === NOTE ? undefined : makeEventPath(event, urls)
 
   if (path) {
     if (!scrollToEvent(event.id)) {
@@ -287,6 +284,10 @@ export const goToEvent = (event: TrustedEvent, options: NavigateOptions = {}) =>
       navigate(path, {replaceState, ...options})
     }
   } else {
-    window.open(entityLink(nip19.neventEncode({id: event.id, relays: urls})))
+    // A kind with no page of its own opens there too, rather than in another client.
+    pushNote(
+      {id: event.id, author: event.pubkey, relays: urls},
+      {replaceState: options.replaceState},
+    )
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/app/social.ts b/src/app/social.ts
index 9560a1ba..0cde80cf 100644
--- a/src/app/social.ts
+++ b/src/app/social.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import {
   topicTags,
 } from "@welshman/util"
 import type {EventRef, TrustedEvent} from "@welshman/util"
+import type {EventPointer} from "nostr-tools/nip19"
 import {withGetter} from "@welshman/store"
 import {displayPubkey, getCommentTagValues, getReplyTagValues, getReplyTags} from "@welshman/domain"
 import {Events, FollowLists, MuteLists, Network, Profiles, Router} from "@welshman/app"
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ import type {IApp} from "@welshman/app"
 import {decodeGeohash} from "@lib/geohash"
 import {deriveUserItem, fromApp, profiles, user, usePlugin} from "@app/core"
 import {getProfileGeohash} from "@app/location"
+import type {QuotePointer} from "@app/quotes"
 import {DEFAULT_PUBKEYS} from "@app/env"
 
 // People
@@ -99,15 +101,13 @@ export const bootstrapPubkeys = derived(deriveUserItem(FollowLists), $userFollow
   return userPubkeys.length > 5 ? userPubkeys : [...userPubkeys, ...appPubkeys]
 })
 
-// Pointers: how a note is named before it has been loaded.
+// Pointers: how an event is named before it has been loaded.
 
-export type NotePointer = EventRef & {id: string}
-
-export const decodeNotePointer = (entity: string): Maybe<NotePointer> => {
+export const decodeNotePointer = (entity: string): Maybe<EventPointer> => {
   const decoded = tryCatch(() => nip19.decode(fromNostrURI(entity)))
 
   if (decoded?.type === "nevent") {
-    return {id: decoded.data.id, relays: decoded.data.relays, pubkey: decoded.data.author}
+    return decoded.data
   }
 
   if (decoded?.type === "note") {
@@ -115,6 +115,12 @@ export const decodeNotePointer = (entity: string): Maybe<NotePointer> => {
   }
 }
 
+// A relay selection names an event author `pubkey`, where an event pointer names it `author`.
+export const getQuoteRef = (pointer: QuotePointer): EventRef =>
+  "id" in pointer
+    ? {id: pointer.id, pubkey: pointer.author, kind: pointer.kind, relays: pointer.relays}
+    : pointer
+
 // Structure: the shape of a conversation, read off tags alone.
 
 // Ids and addresses of an event's immediate parents, falling back to its thread roots.
@@ -265,16 +271,17 @@ export class Notes {
       .use(Router)
       .resolver.relays([...relaySelections(ref.relays ?? []), seen(ref), eventOutbox(ref)])
 
-  load = async (pointer: NotePointer) =>
+  load = async (pointer: EventPointer) =>
     this.app.repository.getEvent(pointer.id) ??
     first(
-      await this.app
-        .use(Network)
-        .loadComplete({relays: await this.relays(pointer), filters: getIdFilters([pointer.id])}),
+      await this.app.use(Network).loadComplete({
+        relays: await this.relays(getQuoteRef(pointer)),
+        filters: getIdFilters([pointer.id]),
+      }),
     )
 
   // A pointer carrying no hints would never resolve, so the load beside it asks the author's relays.
-  deriveEvent = (pointer: NotePointer) => {
+  deriveEvent = (pointer: EventPointer) => {
     this.load(pointer)
 
     return this.app.use(Events).one(pointer.id, pointer.relays ?? []).$
diff --git a/src/routes/[bech32]/+page.svelte b/src/routes/[bech32]/+page.svelte
index 73393135..b720950f 100644
--- a/src/routes/[bech32]/+page.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/[bech32]/+page.svelte
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
         found = true
 
         if (event.kind === NOTE) {
-          goToNote({id: event.id, pubkey: event.pubkey, relays})
+          goToNote({id: event.id, author: event.pubkey, relays})
         } else {
           goToEvent(event, {replaceState: true})
         }