diff --git a/components/answered-card.tsx b/components/answered-card.tsx
index cae329d..d444290 100644
--- a/components/answered-card.tsx
+++ b/components/answered-card.tsx
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ export function AnsweredCard({ answer }: { answer: QuestionAnswerData }) {
 				<MessageResponse>{answer.questionText}</MessageResponse>
 			</div>
 
-			{answer.options && answer.options.length > 0 && (
+			{((answer.options?.length ?? 0) > 0 || answer.other) && (
 				<div className="flex flex-col gap-1.5 text-sm">
-					{answer.options.map((opt) => {
+					{answer.options?.map((opt) => {
 						const sel = selectedIdx.has(opt.index);
 						const key = isQuiz && correctIdx.has(opt.index);
 						return (
@@ -70,10 +70,20 @@ export function AnsweredCard({ answer }: { answer: QuestionAnswerData }) {
 							</div>
 						);
 					})}
+					{/* The learner's own typed option is an OPTION — same container,
+					    same selected styling as its siblings, not a loose quote
+					    floating outside the list. Quotes keep the learner's words. */}
+					{answer.other && (
+						<div
+							data-testid="answered-other"
+							className="flex items-start gap-2 rounded-lg border border-primary bg-accent px-3 py-1.5"
+						>
+							<span>“{answer.other}”</span>
+						</div>
+					)}
 				</div>
 			)}
 
-			{answer.other && <div className="mt-2 text-sm">“{answer.other}”</div>}
 			{answer.text && <div className="mt-2 whitespace-pre-wrap text-sm">“{answer.text}”</div>}
 			{answer.dontKnow && isQuiz && <div className="mt-2 text-sm text-muted-foreground">Answered “I don't know”.</div>}
 
diff --git a/components/question-dock.tsx b/components/question-dock.tsx
index c084fd5..f758d32 100644
--- a/components/question-dock.tsx
+++ b/components/question-dock.tsx
@@ -412,6 +412,14 @@ function QuestionDockForm({
 						<textarea
 							value={thinking}
 							onChange={(e) => setThinking(e.target.value)}
+							onKeyDown={(e) => {
+								// ⌘↵ on macOS, Ctrl↵ elsewhere — the Gmail convention; plain
+								// Enter stays a newline (this field is for dumping).
+								if (e.key === "Enter" && (e.metaKey || e.ctrlKey)) {
+									e.preventDefault();
+									submit();
+								}
+							}}
 							placeholder="Why this answer? What are you unsure about? Say as much as you like — the teacher reads all of this."
 							rows={1}
 							className={cn(
@@ -422,11 +430,16 @@ function QuestionDockForm({
 							)}
 						/>
 					)}
-					<div className="flex items-center justify-end p-1">
+					<div className="flex items-center justify-between gap-2 p-1">
+						{qd.mode !== "text" && (
+							<span aria-hidden className="pl-1.5 text-[10px] text-muted-foreground">
+								⌘/Ctrl + ↵ submits
+							</span>
+						)}
 						<Button
 							type="submit"
 							disabled={!canSubmit}
-							className="h-9 rounded-[10px] px-3.5 text-sm font-medium"
+							className="ml-auto h-9 rounded-[10px] px-3.5 text-sm font-medium"
 						>
 							Submit answer
 						</Button>
diff --git a/tests/render-cards.test.tsx b/tests/render-cards.test.tsx
index 35ff8fc..2d75e0f 100644
--- a/tests/render-cards.test.tsx
+++ b/tests/render-cards.test.tsx
@@ -41,6 +41,18 @@ function quizQD(): QuestionData {
 	};
 }
 
+function askQD(): QuestionData {
+	const options = normalizeOptions([{ label: "Very" }, { label: "Somewhat" }]);
+	return {
+		id: "a1",
+		kind: "ask",
+		question: "How confident are you?",
+		mode: "single-select",
+		options,
+		createdAt: new Date().toISOString(),
+	};
+}
+
 function renderDock(props: { toolName: "quiz" | "ask_user_question"; toolCallId: string; input: never; onSubmit?: () => void }) {
 	// expanded=true renders the full form (the collapsed bar is covered by the
 	// QuestionDockBar test below). No scroll context needed — the DockOverlay
@@ -63,6 +75,7 @@ describe("render smoke tests", () => {
 		assert.match(html, /Why this answer\? What are you unsure about\?/, "placeholder invites, not apologizes");
 		assert.ok(!html.includes("optional"), "the field is never called optional");
 		assert.match(html, /Submit answer/, "send becomes Submit answer");
+		assert.match(html, /⌘\/Ctrl \+ ↵ submits/, "the ⌘/Ctrl+Enter shortcut is discoverable");
 		// The v1 desync bug: options are buttons with ARIA roles, not native inputs.
 		assert.ok(!html.includes('type="radio"'), "no native radio inputs");
 		assert.ok(html.includes('role="radio"'), "button-based radio role present");
@@ -117,6 +130,7 @@ describe("render smoke tests", () => {
 		assert.ok(html.includes('data-testid="answer-field"'), "text mode is the answer field");
 		assert.match(html, /Your answer/, "labeled as the answer");
 		assert.ok(!html.includes('data-testid="thinking-field"'), "no thinking field in text mode (v1)");
+		assert.ok(!html.includes("⌘/Ctrl"), "no dump shortcut hint — Enter already submits");
 	});
 
 	it("AnsweredCard grades quiz answers (✓/✗ + explanation)", () => {
@@ -127,6 +141,19 @@ describe("render smoke tests", () => {
 		assert.ok(html.includes("✓") && html.includes("✗"));
 	});
 
+	it("AnsweredCard renders the learner's own Other answer AS an option row", () => {
+		const answer = buildAnswer(askQD(), { other: "Fairly confident — but shaky on applications" });
+		const html = renderToStaticMarkup(<AnsweredCard answer={answer} />);
+		assert.ok(html.includes('data-testid="answered-other"'), "the Other answer is an option row");
+		assert.match(html, /border-primary bg-accent/, "styled like its selected siblings");
+		assert.match(html, /shaky on applications/, "the typed words render");
+		// Inside the options container — same list, not a loose quote outside it.
+		assert.ok(
+			html.indexOf("Very") < html.indexOf("answered-other"),
+			"the Other row sits with the listed options",
+		);
+	});
+
 	it("AnsweredCard promotes the learner's thinking to a first-class block", () => {
 		const answer = buildAnswer(quizQD(), {
 			values: ["Venus"],