diff --git a/scripts/plot_dynamics.py b/scripts/plot_dynamics.py
index 7e4dbf3..4c2329f 100644
--- a/scripts/plot_dynamics.py
+++ b/scripts/plot_dynamics.py
@@ -98,8 +98,14 @@ def parse_log(path: Path) -> dict | None:
     # Also parse the route DEPLOY-eval columns when present (non-route logs lack
     # them -> skip). For routing we plot THESE (deployed model = quarantine deleted),
     # not the training-time hack_s.
-    deploy = {"hk_dep", "slv_dep"} & set(idx)
-    wanted = {**RATE_COLS, **COS_COLS, **{c: c for c in deploy}}
+    # hk_abl/slv_abl = the FREE per-step deploy proxy (ablated rollout slice,
+    # rollout_ablate_frac>0); hk_dep/slv_dep = the held-out greedy eval, only on
+    # eval_ablate_every steps. Prefer the dense proxy for the curve (see below).
+    deploy = {"hk_dep", "slv_dep", "hk_abl", "slv_abl"} & set(idx)
+    # Only parse columns this log actually has: non-projecting arms (vanilla,
+    # routing2) lack cin_t/cin_s, so gate by presence rather than KeyError.
+    wanted = {k: v for k, v in {**RATE_COLS, **COS_COLS}.items() if k in idx}
+    wanted.update({c: c for c in deploy})
     for line in txt.splitlines():
         if "| INFO |" not in line:
             continue
@@ -113,13 +119,20 @@ def parse_log(path: Path) -> dict | None:
         return None
     run = dict(arm=arm, refr=refr, seed=seed, vhack=vhack,
                steps=np.array(steps), **{k: np.array(v, dtype=float) for k, v in series.items()})
-    # COHERENCE-GAP FIX: route's training-time hack_s looks vanilla (the routed
-    # forward still hacks); routing's benefit only shows on the DEPLOYED model
-    # (quarantine knob deleted). So for routing, plot the deploy series under the
-    # hack_s/gt_s keys -> all downstream (panels, onset, overlay) reads it.
-    if arm == "routing" and "hk_dep" in run:
-        run["hack_s"] = run["hk_dep"]
-        run["gt_s"] = run["slv_dep"]
+    # COHERENCE-GAP FIX: routing's training-time hack_s looks vanilla (the routed
+    # forward still hacks); the benefit only shows on the DEPLOYED model
+    # (quarantine knob deleted). So for routing/routing2, plot the deploy series
+    # under the hack_s/gt_s keys -> all downstream (panels, onset, overlay) reads
+    # it. Prefer the DENSE per-step proxy (hk_abl, every step) over the sparse
+    # held-out eval (hk_dep, every eval_ablate_every steps); fall back to hk_dep
+    # for older runs that predate the proxy.
+    if arm in ("routing", "routing2"):
+        if "hk_abl" in run:
+            run["hack_s"] = run["hk_abl"]
+            run["gt_s"] = run["slv_abl"]
+        elif "hk_dep" in run:
+            run["hack_s"] = run["hk_dep"]
+            run["gt_s"] = run["slv_dep"]
     return run
 
 
@@ -128,13 +141,15 @@ def classify(run: dict) -> str:
         return "vanilla"
     if run["arm"] == "routing":
         return "routing"
+    if run["arm"] == "routing2":
+        return "routing2"
     # arm == projected -> erasure, split by refresh
     return "online erasure" if run["refr"] > 0 else "static erasure"
 
 
 # --- plot ------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-ARM_ORDER = ["vanilla", "static erasure", "online erasure", "routing"]
+ARM_ORDER = ["vanilla", "static erasure", "online erasure", "routing", "routing2"]
 # Distinct colour per series -- the two rows measure different things, so they
 # must not share a palette (hack != teacher-cos). Row 0: red hack vs green
 # solve. Row 1: blue teacher-cos vs amber student-cos.
@@ -148,7 +163,8 @@ COS_COLORS = {"cin_t": "#33508c", "cin_s": "#c98a2b"}
 # confessions), assign colour by method rank along a perceptual RdYlGn ramp so
 # the reader sees "redder = hacks more" at a glance.
 ARM_COLORS = {"vanilla": "#7a7a7a", "static erasure": "#c98a2b",
-              "online erasure": "#33508c", "routing": "#2f7d4f"}
+              "online erasure": "#33508c", "routing": "#2f7d4f",
+              "routing2": "#7d2f6f"}
 
 
 def _onset(steps: np.ndarray, hack: np.ndarray) -> int | None:
@@ -179,7 +195,10 @@ def _series_panel(ax, runs, cols, colors, ylim, label_series=False):
     for col, label in cols.items():
         color = colors[col]
         stacked = []
-        for r in runs:
+        present = [r for r in runs if col in r]
+        if not present:        # arm lacks this series (e.g. no cos cols for routing2/vanilla)
+            continue
+        for r in present:
             ys = _ema(r[col])
             ax.plot(r["steps"], ys, color=color, lw=0.7, alpha=0.35, solid_capstyle="round")
             stacked.append(ys)
@@ -214,7 +233,8 @@ def plot(runs: list[dict], out: Path) -> None:
 
     fig, axes = plt.subplots(2, len(arms), figsize=(3.0 * len(arms), 4.4),
                              sharex=True, sharey="row", squeeze=False)
-    cos_lo = min(np.nanmin(r[c]) for r in runs for c in COS_COLS)
+    _cos_vals = [np.nanmin(r[c]) for r in runs for c in COS_COLS if c in r]
+    cos_lo = min(_cos_vals) if _cos_vals else 0.0
     for col, arm in enumerate(arms):
         rs = by_arm[arm]
         n_seed = len({r["seed"] for r in rs})