diff --git a/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/GameWindow.cs b/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/GameWindow.cs
index 100ea54..4ea7f0a 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/GameWindow.cs
+++ b/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/GameWindow.cs
@@ -2111,7 +2111,48 @@ public sealed class GameWindow : IDisposable
                         {
                             seqMotion = AcDream.Core.Physics.MotionCommand.Ready;
                         }
-                        sequencer.SetCycle(seqStyle, seqMotion);
+
+                        // Phase L.1c followup (2026-04-28): apply the same
+                        // missing-cycle fallback the OnLiveMotionUpdated path
+                        // uses. Without this, a monster spawned in combat
+                        // stance with the wire's seqMotion absent from its
+                        // MotionTable hits ClearCyclicTail() with no
+                        // replacement enqueue, every body part snaps to its
+                        // setup-default offset, and the visual collapses to
+                        // "torso on the ground" — visible to acdream
+                        // observers when another client is in combat with a
+                        // monster, until the first OnLiveMotionUpdated UM
+                        // applies the same fallback there.
+                        uint spawnCycle = seqMotion;
+                        if (!sequencer.HasCycle(seqStyle, spawnCycle))
+                        {
+                            uint origCycle = spawnCycle;
+                            // RunForward → WalkForward → Ready
+                            if ((spawnCycle & 0xFFu) == 0x07
+                                && sequencer.HasCycle(seqStyle, 0x45000005u))
+                            {
+                                spawnCycle = 0x45000005u;
+                            }
+                            else if (sequencer.HasCycle(seqStyle, 0x41000003u))
+                            {
+                                spawnCycle = 0x41000003u;
+                            }
+                            else
+                            {
+                                spawnCycle = 0;
+                            }
+
+                            if (Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("ACDREAM_DUMP_MOTION") == "1")
+                            {
+                                Console.WriteLine(
+                                    $"spawn cycle missing for guid=0x{spawn.Guid:X8} mtable=0x{mtableId:X8} " +
+                                    $"style=0x{seqStyle:X8} requested=0x{origCycle:X8} " +
+                                    $"→ fallback=0x{spawnCycle:X8}");
+                            }
+                        }
+
+                        if (spawnCycle != 0)
+                            sequencer.SetCycle(seqStyle, spawnCycle);
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -2603,6 +2644,7 @@ public sealed class GameWindow : IDisposable
                     uint cycleToPlay = animCycle;
                     if (!ae.Sequencer.HasCycle(fullStyle, cycleToPlay))
                     {
+                        uint requested = cycleToPlay;
                         // RunForward (0x44000007) → WalkForward (0x45000005)
                         if ((cycleToPlay & 0xFFu) == 0x07
                             && ae.Sequencer.HasCycle(fullStyle, 0x45000005u))
@@ -2621,6 +2663,14 @@ public sealed class GameWindow : IDisposable
                         {
                             cycleToPlay = 0;
                         }
+
+                        if (Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("ACDREAM_DUMP_MOTION") == "1")
+                        {
+                            Console.WriteLine(
+                                $"UM cycle missing for guid=0x{update.Guid:X8} " +
+                                $"style=0x{fullStyle:X8} requested=0x{requested:X8} " +
+                                $"→ fallback=0x{cycleToPlay:X8}");
+                        }
                     }
                     if (cycleToPlay != 0)
                         ae.Sequencer.SetCycle(fullStyle, cycleToPlay, animSpeed);