diff --git a/library/packet/packet-render.js b/library/packet/packet-render.js
index ac4f70533..428db099c 100644
--- a/library/packet/packet-render.js
+++ b/library/packet/packet-render.js
@@ -376,7 +376,11 @@ export function createPacketRenderer({ strings, lang = 'en', fontData = null, de
     .pray-head{position:absolute;inset-inline-end:${M}px;display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(${PRAY_COLS.length},${PRAY_CELL}px);
                height:${PRAY_HEAD_H - 6}px;align-items:end;font:700 15px/1.2 Georgia,serif;color:#6f6a5c;text-align:center}
     .pray-head span{text-wrap:balance;padding:0 0 5px;border-bottom:2px solid #3b463d}
-    .fd-top{position:absolute;left:${M}px;top:${M + HEAD}px;width:${CW.toFixed(0)}px;height:${FD_TOP_H}px;overflow:hidden}
+    /* Page 1 of the Full detail list: the explanation, then the head row and the rows right under it (listPages). */
+    .fd-first{position:absolute;left:${M}px;top:${M + HEAD}px;width:${CW.toFixed(0)}px}
+    .fd-top{max-height:${FD_TOP_H}px;overflow:hidden}
+    .fd-rows{position:relative}
+    .fd-rows .pray-head{inset-inline-end:0}
     .hd-r{position:absolute;right:${M}px;top:54px;font:400 19px Georgia,serif;color:#8c8170}
     /* ⚠ box-sizing:border-box IS LOAD-BEARING HERE, NOT HOUSEKEEPING. Without it the row's height
        is the CONTENT box and the padding + border are added OUTSIDE it, so the row renders taller
@@ -1191,7 +1195,14 @@ export function createPacketRenderer({ strings, lang = 'en', fontData = null, de
       PRAY_COLS.map((key) => `<span>${esc(t(key))}</span>`).join('')}</div>`;
     for (let start = 0, page = 0; start < groups.length; page += 1) {
       const per = page === 0 ? FD_FIRST : PER_PAGE;
-      const rowsTop = page === 0 ? FD_ROWS_TOP : M + HEAD;
+      // ★ PAGE 1'S ROWS FOLLOW THE EXPLANATION (2026-10-03). The explanation reserved a fixed FD_TOP_H and the
+      // rows sat below the reserve, so every language shorter than the tallest left a gap above the head row
+      // (0.36-1.30 in, measured in all 11). Now the explanation (at most FD_TOP_H) and the rows share one
+      // column (.fd-first), and the rows are placed inside .fd-rows, right under it. The page still holds
+      // FD_FIRST rows, sized for the full reserve, so a shorter explanation leaves the room at the page's foot.
+      // The rows stay absolutely placed (see below), only their origin moves: no row can reflow to a page.
+      const rowsTop = page === 0 ? PRAY_HEAD_H : M + HEAD;
+      const left = page === 0 ? 0 : M;
       const slice = groups.slice(start, start + per);
       // ★ ONE FULL-WIDTH ROW PER GROUP. The column index is gone: `top` advances by the row, and the
       // three cells sit inside it. Absolute positioning is kept rather than switching to flow layout
@@ -1208,7 +1219,7 @@ export function createPacketRenderer({ strings, lang = 'en', fontData = null, de
         const img = src
           ? `<img src="${esc(src)}" alt="">`
           : `<div class="nophoto">${esc(t('no_photo'))}</div>`;
-        return `<div class="card" style="left:${M}px;top:${top.toFixed(0)}px;
+        return `<div class="card" style="left:${left}px;top:${top.toFixed(0)}px;
           width:${CW.toFixed(0)}px;height:${CH.toFixed(0)}px">${img}
           <div class="d-cell">
             <div class="nm">${i + 1}. ${esc(g.name)}</div>
@@ -1217,15 +1228,17 @@ export function createPacketRenderer({ strings, lang = 'en', fontData = null, de
           <div class="pray-cols">${PRAY_COLS.map(() => '<span class="pray-col"><i class="pray-box"></i></span>').join('')}</div>
           </div>`;
       }).join('');
-      const first = page === 0
-        ? `<div class="fd-top">${explainTop()}${explainBand(groups.length,
+      const rowsH = PRAY_HEAD_H + slice.length * (CH + GUT) - GUT;
+      const body = page === 0
+        ? `<div class="fd-first"><div class="fd-top">${explainTop()}${explainBand(groups.length,
             { w: PRAY_COLS.length * PRAY_CELL, cols: `repeat(${PRAY_COLS.length},${PRAY_CELL}px)`, gap: 0, cell: 'xb-cell xb-cell-fd' })}</div>`
-        : '';
+          + `<div class="fd-rows" style="height:${rowsH.toFixed(0)}px">${prayHead(0)}${cards}</div></div>`
+        : `${prayHead(rowsTop - PRAY_HEAD_H)}${cards}`;
       pages.push(sheet(`
         <div class="hd">${esc(zone.label || zone.id)}</div>
         <div class="hd-r">${esc(fill(t('list_header'),
           { from: num(start + 1), to: num(Math.min(start + per, groups.length)), count: num(groups.length) }))}</div>
-        ${first}${prayHead(rowsTop - PRAY_HEAD_H)}${cards}`));
+        ${body}`));
       start += per;
     }
     return pages;