diff --git a/src/scenes/drawer.ts b/src/scenes/drawer.ts
index 0a96a3c..4d42ba3 100644
--- a/src/scenes/drawer.ts
+++ b/src/scenes/drawer.ts
@@ -355,15 +355,16 @@ export class DrawerView implements View {
     const pz = t.z + this.tmp.z;
 
     // A spring, not a joint: a snagged piece has to fight the ones on top of it
-    // and lose, rather than tunnel through them.
+    // and lose, rather than tunnel through them. Soft K + heavy damping so it
+    // EASES toward the cursor; a snagged piece builds no catapult tension.
     const v = p.body.linvel();
     const m = p.body.mass();
-    const K = 165 * m;
-    const C = 13 * m;
+    const K = 55 * m;
+    const C = 22 * m;
     const fx = (this.target.x - px) * K - v.x * C;
     const fy = (this.target.y - py) * K - v.y * C;
     const fz = (this.target.z - pz) * K - v.z * C;
-    const cap = 90 * m;
+    const cap = 22 * m;
     const mag = Math.hypot(fx, fy, fz);
     const s = mag > cap ? cap / mag : 1;
     p.body.wakeUp();
@@ -372,6 +373,15 @@ export class DrawerView implements View {
       { x: px, y: py, z: pz },
       true,
     );
+    // The real anti-catapult: the held piece can NEVER move fast enough to bat
+    // the pile across the room. Clamp its speed hard — everything downstream
+    // (momentum into neighbours) is bounded by this one line.
+    const MAXV = 3.2;
+    const sp = Math.hypot(v.x, v.y, v.z);
+    if (sp > MAXV) {
+      const k = MAXV / sp;
+      p.body.setLinvel({ x: v.x * k, y: v.y * k, z: v.z * k }, true);
+    }
   }
 
   dispose(): void {