diff --git a/stacks/gateway-chat/conf/index.html b/stacks/gateway-chat/conf/index.html
index ae593a9..69337b4 100644
--- a/stacks/gateway-chat/conf/index.html
+++ b/stacks/gateway-chat/conf/index.html
@@ -160,16 +160,14 @@ function extractQuotes(text){
   while ((m = re.exec(text)) !== null){ const q = (m[1] || m[2] || '').trim(); if (q) out.push(q); }
   return out;
 }
-function splitSentences(t){
-  return (t.match(/[^.!?…]+[.!?…]+["”’')\]]*\s*|[^.!?…]+$/g) || [t]).map(s => s.trim()).filter(Boolean);
-}
-// stream ONE sentence and queue its PCM onto the shared speechHead clock; resolves when the
-// sentence's audio is fully received (it plays on while the NEXT sentence starts generating).
+// stream ONE quoted section (whole, so intonation/prosody across it is preserved) and queue its
+// PCM onto the shared speechHead clock; resolves when its audio is fully received (it plays on
+// while the NEXT quote starts generating). Chunk by QUOTE, not sentence — per-sentence lost prosody.
 async function streamOne(sentence, mine){
   const url = $('ttsUrl').value.trim().replace(/\/+$/,'').replace(/\/tts$/,'') + '/tts/stream';
   const res = await fetch(url, {
     method:'POST', headers:{ 'Content-Type':'application/json' },
-    body: JSON.stringify({ text: sentence, voice: ($('ttsVoice').value.trim() || 'baddy'), max_tokens: 900 })
+    body: JSON.stringify({ text: sentence, voice: ($('ttsVoice').value.trim() || 'baddy'), max_tokens: 2400 })
   });
   if (!res.ok || !res.body) return false;
   const reader = res.body.getReader();
@@ -195,14 +193,14 @@ async function speakQuotes(text, msg){
   if (!$('ttsOn').checked) return;
   const quotes = extractQuotes(text);
   if (!quotes.length) return;
-  const sentences = splitSentences(quotes.join(' '));   // pre-chunk quoted text by sentence
+  const chunks = quotes;                                // one chunk per QUOTED SECTION (keeps prosody)
   const tag = document.createElement('span'); tag.textContent = ' 🔊';
-  tag.style.cursor = 'pointer'; tag.title = 'mOrpheus — ' + sentences.length + ' sentence(s), click to replay';
+  tag.style.cursor = 'pointer'; tag.title = 'mOrpheus — ' + chunks.length + ' quote(s), click to replay';
   const play = async () => {
     const mine = ++ttsGen;                              // supersede any in-flight playback
     primeAudio(); if (audioCtx.state === 'suspended') await audioCtx.resume();
     speechHead = audioCtx.currentTime + 0.12;           // reset the shared clock for this reply
-    for (const s of sentences){                         // play sentences serially, in order
+    for (const s of chunks){                            // play quoted sections serially, in order
       if (mine !== ttsGen) return;
       if (!(await streamOne(s, mine))){ tag.textContent = ' 🔇'; return; }
     }
diff --git a/tools/gateway-chat.html b/tools/gateway-chat.html
index ae593a9..69337b4 100644
--- a/tools/gateway-chat.html
+++ b/tools/gateway-chat.html
@@ -160,16 +160,14 @@ function extractQuotes(text){
   while ((m = re.exec(text)) !== null){ const q = (m[1] || m[2] || '').trim(); if (q) out.push(q); }
   return out;
 }
-function splitSentences(t){
-  return (t.match(/[^.!?…]+[.!?…]+["”’')\]]*\s*|[^.!?…]+$/g) || [t]).map(s => s.trim()).filter(Boolean);
-}
-// stream ONE sentence and queue its PCM onto the shared speechHead clock; resolves when the
-// sentence's audio is fully received (it plays on while the NEXT sentence starts generating).
+// stream ONE quoted section (whole, so intonation/prosody across it is preserved) and queue its
+// PCM onto the shared speechHead clock; resolves when its audio is fully received (it plays on
+// while the NEXT quote starts generating). Chunk by QUOTE, not sentence — per-sentence lost prosody.
 async function streamOne(sentence, mine){
   const url = $('ttsUrl').value.trim().replace(/\/+$/,'').replace(/\/tts$/,'') + '/tts/stream';
   const res = await fetch(url, {
     method:'POST', headers:{ 'Content-Type':'application/json' },
-    body: JSON.stringify({ text: sentence, voice: ($('ttsVoice').value.trim() || 'baddy'), max_tokens: 900 })
+    body: JSON.stringify({ text: sentence, voice: ($('ttsVoice').value.trim() || 'baddy'), max_tokens: 2400 })
   });
   if (!res.ok || !res.body) return false;
   const reader = res.body.getReader();
@@ -195,14 +193,14 @@ async function speakQuotes(text, msg){
   if (!$('ttsOn').checked) return;
   const quotes = extractQuotes(text);
   if (!quotes.length) return;
-  const sentences = splitSentences(quotes.join(' '));   // pre-chunk quoted text by sentence
+  const chunks = quotes;                                // one chunk per QUOTED SECTION (keeps prosody)
   const tag = document.createElement('span'); tag.textContent = ' 🔊';
-  tag.style.cursor = 'pointer'; tag.title = 'mOrpheus — ' + sentences.length + ' sentence(s), click to replay';
+  tag.style.cursor = 'pointer'; tag.title = 'mOrpheus — ' + chunks.length + ' quote(s), click to replay';
   const play = async () => {
     const mine = ++ttsGen;                              // supersede any in-flight playback
     primeAudio(); if (audioCtx.state === 'suspended') await audioCtx.resume();
     speechHead = audioCtx.currentTime + 0.12;           // reset the shared clock for this reply
-    for (const s of sentences){                         // play sentences serially, in order
+    for (const s of chunks){                            // play quoted sections serially, in order
       if (mine !== ttsGen) return;
       if (!(await streamOne(s, mine))){ tag.textContent = ' 🔇'; return; }
     }