diff --git a/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/RemoteMotionSink.cs b/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/RemoteMotionSink.cs
index 1eb473ad..bdf1efaf 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/RemoteMotionSink.cs
+++ b/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/RemoteMotionSink.cs
@@ -61,24 +61,33 @@ internal sealed class RemoteMotionSink : IInterpretedMotionSink
             return;
         }
 
-        var route = AnimationCommandRouter.Classify(motion);
-        if (route is AnimationCommandRouteKind.Action
-                  or AnimationCommandRouteKind.Modifier
-                  or AnimationCommandRouteKind.ChatEmote)
-        {
-            // Overlay (attack swings, emotes): append over the current
-            // cyclic tail immediately — the substate cycle is unaffected
-            // (retail Action branch of GetObjectSequence). The funnel's
-            // contact gate already filtered airborne cases.
-            AnimationCommandRouter.RouteFullCommand(
-                _sequencer, _style, motion, speed <= 0f ? 1f : speed);
-            return;
-        }
-
+        // Turn/sidestep FIRST: they are Modifier-class (0x65xxxxxx), so the
+        // generic overlay classification below would swallow them — that
+        // exact ordering bug shipped in the first S2b cut and killed
+        // turn-in-place animation + the ObservedOmega seed (S2 smoke,
+        // 2026-07-02: 30 [TURN_WIRE] events, zero turn SetCycles). They are
+        // cycle-axis candidates for the single-cycle pick, not overlays.
         uint low = motion & 0xFFu;
         bool isTurn = low is 0x0D or 0x0E && (motion & 0xFF000000u) == 0x65000000u;
         bool isSidestep = low is 0x0F or 0x10 && (motion & 0xFF000000u) == 0x65000000u;
 
+        if (!isTurn && !isSidestep)
+        {
+            var route = AnimationCommandRouter.Classify(motion);
+            if (route is AnimationCommandRouteKind.Action
+                      or AnimationCommandRouteKind.Modifier
+                      or AnimationCommandRouteKind.ChatEmote)
+            {
+                // Overlay (attack swings, emotes): append over the current
+                // cyclic tail immediately — the substate cycle is unaffected
+                // (retail Action branch of GetObjectSequence). The funnel's
+                // contact gate already filtered airborne cases.
+                AnimationCommandRouter.RouteFullCommand(
+                    _sequencer, _style, motion, speed <= 0f ? 1f : speed);
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+
         if (isTurn)
         {
             _turn = motion;