diff --git a/src/beaver_gateway/frontends/telegram/drafts.py b/src/beaver_gateway/frontends/telegram/drafts.py
index f841c39..d61df6e 100644
--- a/src/beaver_gateway/frontends/telegram/drafts.py
+++ b/src/beaver_gateway/frontends/telegram/drafts.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 import asyncio
 import contextlib
+import html
 import logging
 import time
 import zlib
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ __all__ = ["Draft"]
 _log = logging.getLogger("beaver_gateway.frontends.telegram.drafts")
 
 _TAIL = 3500
+_REASONING_TAIL = 400
 _KEEPALIVE = 20.0
 
 
@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@ class Draft:
         self._interval = interval
         self.status = status
         self.text = ""
+        self.reasoning = ""
         self._paused = False
         self._dirty = True
         self._broken = False
@@ -80,9 +83,20 @@ class Draft:
             self.text = self.text.rstrip() + "\n\n" + text.lstrip()
         else:
             self.text += text
+        self.reasoning = ""
         self._paused = False
         self._dirty = True
 
+    def think(self, text: str) -> None:
+        if text:
+            self.reasoning += text
+            self._dirty = True
+
+    def rethink(self) -> None:
+        if self.reasoning:
+            self.reasoning = ""
+            self._dirty = True
+
     async def stop(self) -> None:
         """Stop pushing and wait for the push in flight.
 
@@ -146,8 +160,21 @@ class Draft:
         )
 
     def _render(self) -> tuple[str, str]:
+        rendered, plain = [to_html(self.status)], [self.status]
+        thought = _tail(self.reasoning.strip(), _REASONING_TAIL)
+        if thought:
+            rendered.append(f"<blockquote>{html.escape(thought)}</blockquote>")
+            plain.append(thought)
         tail = self.text[-_TAIL:]
-        if not tail.strip():
-            return to_html(self.status), self.status
-        rendered = f"{to_html(self.status)}\n\n{to_html_tail(self.text, _TAIL)}"
-        return rendered, f"{self.status}\n\n{tail}"
+        if tail.strip():
+            rendered.append(to_html_tail(self.text, _TAIL))
+            plain.append(tail)
+        return "\n\n".join(rendered), "\n\n".join(plain)
+
+
+def _tail(text: str, limit: int) -> str:
+    if len(text) <= limit:
+        return text
+    cut = text[-limit:]
+    _, _, rest = cut.partition(" ")
+    return f"… {rest or cut}"
diff --git a/src/beaver_gateway/frontends/telegram/frontend.py b/src/beaver_gateway/frontends/telegram/frontend.py
index 96a2fd2..a8f0c94 100644
--- a/src/beaver_gateway/frontends/telegram/frontend.py
+++ b/src/beaver_gateway/frontends/telegram/frontend.py
@@ -994,10 +994,13 @@ class TelegramFrontend(Frontend):
                     draft.append(progress)
                 else:
                     draft.set_status(self.texts.thinking)
+                    draft.think(progress)
         elif kind == "content_block_start":
             block = raw.get("content_block") or {}
             if block.get("type") == "tool_use":
                 draft.set_status(self._tool_status(block.get("name") or "", None))
+            elif block.get("type") == "thinking":
+                draft.rethink()
 
     def _tool_status(self, name: Any, tool_input: Any) -> str:
         label = status_label(str(name), tool_input, self.texts.tool_labels)
diff --git a/tests/test_telegram.py b/tests/test_telegram.py
index f5871a0..441c83c 100644
--- a/tests/test_telegram.py
+++ b/tests/test_telegram.py
@@ -1228,18 +1228,50 @@ def test_progress_updates_reach_the_draft_but_hidden_reasoning_does_not() -> Non
     assert draft.status == texts.writing
 
 
-def test_reasoning_from_an_agent_whose_thinking_is_not_progress_stays_hidden() -> None:
+def test_reasoning_rides_under_the_status_and_never_reaches_the_text() -> None:
     draft = _progress_draft()
     texts = TelegramTexts()
     stub = SimpleNamespace(_drafts={"k": draft}, texts=texts)
-    TelegramFrontend._feed_draft(
-        cast("Any", stub),
-        "k",
-        _thinking_delta("weighing it"),
-        thinking_is_progress=False,
+    feed = functools.partial(
+        TelegramFrontend._feed_draft, cast("Any", stub), "k", thinking_is_progress=False
     )
+
+    feed(_thinking_delta("weighing <it> "))
+    feed(_thinking_delta("against the note"))
     assert draft.text == ""
     assert draft.status == texts.thinking
+    assert draft._render() == (
+        f"{texts.thinking}\n\n"
+        "<blockquote>weighing &lt;it&gt; against the note</blockquote>",
+        f"{texts.thinking}\n\nweighing <it> against the note",
+    )
+
+    feed(
+        {
+            "event": {
+                "type": "content_block_start",
+                "index": 2,
+                "content_block": {"type": "thinking"},
+            }
+        }
+    )
+    assert draft.reasoning == ""
+    feed(_thinking_delta("word " * 200))
+    shown = draft._render()[1].removeprefix(f"{texts.thinking}\n\n")
+    assert shown.startswith("… word")
+    assert len(shown) <= 402
+
+    feed(
+        {
+            "event": {
+                "type": "content_block_delta",
+                "index": 3,
+                "delta": {"type": "text_delta", "text": "Done."},
+            }
+        }
+    )
+    assert draft.reasoning == ""
+    assert draft._render()[1] == f"{texts.writing}\n\nDone."
 
 
 def test_a_tool_call_between_progress_updates_starts_a_new_paragraph() -> None: