diff --git a/hero.js b/hero.js
index 3ff6389..13ecc74 100644
--- a/hero.js
+++ b/hero.js
@@ -207,11 +207,17 @@ const CSS = `
   text-shadow: 0 0.12em 1.4em var(--hero-glow);
 }
 
-/* Behind everything in the header (the header is a stacking context
-   of its own, so -1 is still above the page). */
+/* The canvas lives in the piece (everything the module adds to the
+   page goes inside the piece: a node added anywhere else before the
+   app hydrates throws the hydration off, and with it client-side
+   navigation) but covers the whole header: fit() sets its height to
+   the header's box and its top to the piece's offset in it. Behind
+   everything in the header: the header is a stacking context of its
+   own, so -1 is still above the page. */
 .westra-line {
   position: absolute;
-  inset: 0;
+  top: 0;
+  left: 0;
   z-index: -1;
   width: 100%;
   height: 100%;
@@ -338,10 +344,9 @@ class WestraHero {
         mark.append(a, b);
         this.name.append(mark);
         this.mark = mark;
-        // The canvas covers the whole sticky header, under everything
-        // in it; the name sits in the piece, the space above the copy.
-        (this.hero || container).prepend(this.canvas);
-        container.append(this.name);
+        // Both inside the piece, and nothing outside it (see .westra-line).
+        this.container = container;
+        container.append(this.canvas, this.name);
 
         this.width = 0;
         this.height = 1;
@@ -450,6 +455,11 @@ class WestraHero {
     // is the fonts'.
     fit() {
         this.boxHeight = Math.max(1, this.hero ? this.hero.offsetHeight : this.height);
+        if (this.hero) {
+            const offset = this.container.getBoundingClientRect().top - this.hero.getBoundingClientRect().top;
+            this.canvas.style.top = -offset + 'px';
+            this.canvas.style.height = this.boxHeight + 'px';
+        }
         const dpr = window.devicePixelRatio || 1;
         const scale = Math.min(dpr, Math.sqrt(MAX_PIXELS / (this.width * this.boxHeight)));
         this.canvas.width = Math.max(1, Math.round(this.width * scale));