diff --git a/korban_processor/src/korban_processor/bedikah.py b/korban_processor/src/korban_processor/bedikah.py
index 9bc2554c..8f7cbe86 100644
--- a/korban_processor/src/korban_processor/bedikah.py
+++ b/korban_processor/src/korban_processor/bedikah.py
@@ -631,7 +631,9 @@ _SELF_REFERENCE = re.compile(
     r"(?:"
     r"\bas\s+(?:I|we)\s+(?:said|showed|noted|mentioned|explained|established|argued|stated|demonstrated)(?:\s+(?:above|earlier|before|previously))?\b"
     r"|\bas\s+(?:noted|shown|established|mentioned|discussed|explained|stated|demonstrated)\s+(?:above|earlier|previously|before)\b"
-    r"|\b(?:from|based\s+on|according\s+to)\s+my\s+(?:training|knowledge|memory|experience|understanding|recollection)\b"
+    r"|\b(?:from|based\s+on|according\s+to)\s+(?:my\s+)?(?:training|memory|recollection)\b"
+    r"|\b(?:from|based\s+on|according\s+to)\s+my\s+(?:knowledge|experience|understanding)\b"
+    r"|\b(?:as|if)\s+(?:I|we)\s+(?:recall|remember)\b"
     r"|\b(?:I|we)\s+(?:know|recall|remember)\s+(?:that|this|the)\b"
     r"|\bit\s+is\s+(?:well[\s-]known|common\s+knowledge|widely\s+(?:known|accepted))\b"
     r"|\beveryone\s+knows\b"
diff --git a/korban_processor/test/test_bedikah.py b/korban_processor/test/test_bedikah.py
index 164fdfa7..f907ccbe 100644
--- a/korban_processor/test/test_bedikah.py
+++ b/korban_processor/test/test_bedikah.py
@@ -430,3 +430,14 @@ def test_server_refuses_malformed_requests_with_a_code(line, code):
     r = handle_request(line)
     assert r["status"] == "error"
     assert r["code"] == code
+
+
+def test_memory_without_the_possessive_is_still_the_output_leaning_on_itself():
+    # The first real session through the gate (2026-10-15): "Current state
+    # from memory: main is at f19a5ea0" read as nothing — "from memory"
+    # lacked "my". Memory is where the archive's errors concentrate.
+    from korban_processor.bedikah import examine
+    ex = examine("Current state from memory: main is at f19a5ea0 and the site is live. As I recall, the gate streams.", "claude", "")
+    leaning = [c for c in ex.claims if c.self_reference]
+    assert len(leaning) == 2
+    assert all(any(a.source == "torah" for a in c.anchors) is False for c in leaning)