diff --git a/desktopenvs/hyprlua/eww-nobattery/eww.yuck b/desktopenvs/hyprlua/eww-nobattery/eww.yuck
index 302118f..a4dd111 100644
--- a/desktopenvs/hyprlua/eww-nobattery/eww.yuck
+++ b/desktopenvs/hyprlua/eww-nobattery/eww.yuck
@@ -115,18 +115,29 @@
 (defpoll disks :interval "600s"
     "~/Dotfiles/desktopenvs/hyprland/scripts/dysk-phydisks.sh")
 
-(defpoll caffeine-active :interval "2s"
-  "~/Dotfiles/desktopenvs/hyprlua/scripts/caffeine-status.sh")
+; caffeine-manual poll — true only when a MANUAL caffeine toggle holds the shared
+; idle lock (i.e. the lock is held but the presence daemon does not own it).
+(defpoll caffeine-manual :interval "2s"
+  "~/Dotfiles/desktopenvs/hyprlua/scripts/caffeine-manual-status.sh")
 
-; presence-active poll — true only when the presence-detect daemon (not a manual
-; caffeine toggle) is holding the idle lock, i.e. the camera currently sees you.
+; presence-active poll — true when the webcam presence-detect daemon currently
+; sees you, independent of the idle lock. A distinct input from a manual caffeine
+; toggle, so the two can be true at the same time.
 (defpoll presence-active :interval "2s"
   "~/Dotfiles/desktopenvs/hyprlua/scripts/presence-status.sh")
 
+; caffeine widget — two inputs (manual inhibit, presence detected) → four states:
+;   neither:            󰒲 sleep,  purple
+;   manual only:        ☕ coffee, purple
+;   presence only:      󰈈 eye,    pink (.caffeine-presence)
+;   manual + presence:  ☕ coffee, pink
+; Colour tracks presence (pink accent); the glyph is coffee whenever manually
+; inhibiting, else the eye when only presence holds it, else the sleep glyph.
 (defwidget caffeine []
   (button :class {presence-active == "true" ? "music caffeine-presence" : "music"}
           :onclick "~/Dotfiles/desktopenvs/hyprlua/scripts/caffeine.sh"
-          :tooltip {presence-active == "true" ? "Caffeine: ON (presence)"
-                    : caffeine-active == "true" ? "Caffeine: ON" : "Caffeine: OFF"}
-    {caffeine-active == "true" ? "☕" : "󰅺"}))
+          :tooltip {caffeine-manual == "true"
+                      ? (presence-active == "true" ? "Caffeine: ON (manual + presence)" : "Caffeine: ON (manual)")
+                      : (presence-active == "true" ? "Awake: presence detected" : "Idle: no inhibit")}
+    {caffeine-manual == "true" ? "☕" : presence-active == "true" ? "󰈈" : "󰒲"}))
 
diff --git a/desktopenvs/hyprlua/eww-touch/eww.yuck b/desktopenvs/hyprlua/eww-touch/eww.yuck
index 6c2415d..792f99e 100644
--- a/desktopenvs/hyprlua/eww-touch/eww.yuck
+++ b/desktopenvs/hyprlua/eww-touch/eww.yuck
@@ -161,18 +161,29 @@
 (defpoll calender :interval "600s"
     "~/Dotfiles/desktopenvs/hyprland/scripts/calender-fix.sh")
 
-(defpoll caffeine-active :interval "2s"
-  "~/Dotfiles/desktopenvs/hyprlua/scripts/caffeine-status.sh")
+; caffeine-manual poll — true only when a MANUAL caffeine toggle holds the shared
+; idle lock (i.e. the lock is held but the presence daemon does not own it).
+(defpoll caffeine-manual :interval "2s"
+  "~/Dotfiles/desktopenvs/hyprlua/scripts/caffeine-manual-status.sh")
 
-; presence-active poll — true only when the presence-detect daemon (not a manual
-; caffeine toggle) is holding the idle lock, i.e. the camera currently sees you.
+; presence-active poll — true when the webcam presence-detect daemon currently
+; sees you, independent of the idle lock. A distinct input from a manual caffeine
+; toggle, so the two can be true at the same time.
 (defpoll presence-active :interval "2s"
   "~/Dotfiles/desktopenvs/hyprlua/scripts/presence-status.sh")
 
+; caffeine widget — two inputs (manual inhibit, presence detected) → four states:
+;   neither:            󰒲 sleep,  purple
+;   manual only:        ☕ coffee, purple
+;   presence only:      󰈈 eye,    pink (.caffeine-presence)
+;   manual + presence:  ☕ coffee, pink
+; Colour tracks presence (pink accent); the glyph is coffee whenever manually
+; inhibiting, else the eye when only presence holds it, else the sleep glyph.
 (defwidget caffeine []
   (button :class {presence-active == "true" ? "music caffeine-presence" : "music"}
           :onclick "~/Dotfiles/desktopenvs/hyprlua/scripts/caffeine.sh"
-          :tooltip {presence-active == "true" ? "Caffeine: ON (presence)"
-                    : caffeine-active == "true" ? "Caffeine: ON" : "Caffeine: OFF"}
-    {caffeine-active == "true" ? "☕" : "󰅺"}))
+          :tooltip {caffeine-manual == "true"
+                      ? (presence-active == "true" ? "Caffeine: ON (manual + presence)" : "Caffeine: ON (manual)")
+                      : (presence-active == "true" ? "Awake: presence detected" : "Idle: no inhibit")}
+    {caffeine-manual == "true" ? "☕" : presence-active == "true" ? "󰈈" : "󰒲"}))
 
diff --git a/desktopenvs/hyprlua/eww/eww.yuck b/desktopenvs/hyprlua/eww/eww.yuck
index 260bb40..00323d7 100644
--- a/desktopenvs/hyprlua/eww/eww.yuck
+++ b/desktopenvs/hyprlua/eww/eww.yuck
@@ -201,25 +201,28 @@
 (defpoll disks :interval "600s"
     "~/Dotfiles/desktopenvs/hyprland/scripts/dysk-phydisks.sh")
 
-; caffeine-active poll — checks whether the caffeine systemd-inhibit lock is active.
-; Returns "true" or "false" string every 2 seconds. Used to toggle the icon.
-(defpoll caffeine-active :interval "2s"
-  "~/Dotfiles/desktopenvs/hyprlua/scripts/caffeine-status.sh")
+; caffeine-manual poll — true only when a MANUAL caffeine toggle holds the shared
+; idle lock (i.e. the lock is held but the presence daemon does not own it).
+(defpoll caffeine-manual :interval "2s"
+  "~/Dotfiles/desktopenvs/hyprlua/scripts/caffeine-manual-status.sh")
 
-; presence-active poll — true only when the presence-detect daemon (not a manual
-; caffeine toggle) is holding the idle lock, i.e. the camera currently sees you.
-; Used to tint the caffeine widget in the Active Hot Pink accent.
+; presence-active poll — true when the webcam presence-detect daemon currently
+; sees you, independent of the idle lock. A distinct input from a manual caffeine
+; toggle, so the two can be true at the same time.
 (defpoll presence-active :interval "2s"
   "~/Dotfiles/desktopenvs/hyprlua/scripts/presence-status.sh")
 
-; caffeine widget — a button that toggles the caffeine idle-inhibit lock.
-; ☕ = caffeine is ON (screen won't sleep), 󰅺 = caffeine is OFF (normal idle).
-; When presence detection is the reason the lock is held, the widget also turns
-; the Active Hot Pink accent (.caffeine-presence) so auto-awake is distinct from
-; a manual caffeine session. Tooltip shows the current state for clarity.
+; caffeine widget — two inputs (manual inhibit, presence detected) → four states:
+;   neither:            󰒲 sleep,  purple
+;   manual only:        ☕ coffee, purple
+;   presence only:      󰈈 eye,    pink (.caffeine-presence)
+;   manual + presence:  ☕ coffee, pink
+; Colour tracks presence (pink accent); the glyph is coffee whenever manually
+; inhibiting, else the eye when only presence holds it, else the sleep glyph.
 (defwidget caffeine []
   (button :class {presence-active == "true" ? "music caffeine-presence" : "music"}
           :onclick "~/Dotfiles/desktopenvs/hyprlua/scripts/caffeine.sh"
-          :tooltip {presence-active == "true" ? "Caffeine: ON (presence)"
-                    : caffeine-active == "true" ? "Caffeine: ON" : "Caffeine: OFF"}
-    {caffeine-active == "true" ? "☕" : "󰅺"}))
+          :tooltip {caffeine-manual == "true"
+                      ? (presence-active == "true" ? "Caffeine: ON (manual + presence)" : "Caffeine: ON (manual)")
+                      : (presence-active == "true" ? "Awake: presence detected" : "Idle: no inhibit")}
+    {caffeine-manual == "true" ? "☕" : presence-active == "true" ? "󰈈" : "󰒲"}))
diff --git a/desktopenvs/hyprlua/scripts/caffeine-manual-status.sh b/desktopenvs/hyprlua/scripts/caffeine-manual-status.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f899b45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktopenvs/hyprlua/scripts/caffeine-manual-status.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Reports the MANUAL-INHIBIT input for the Eww caffeine widget: whether a manual
+# caffeine toggle currently holds the shared idle lock.
+#
+# The lock is shared with presence-detect.sh, so "PID alive" alone can't tell the
+# two sources apart. OWNED_FLAG is present only while the daemon owns the lock, so
+# "PID alive AND OWNED_FLAG absent" uniquely means a manual caffeine session holds
+# it. (For the PRESENCE input — camera sees you — see presence-status.sh.)
+#
+# Prints "true" for a manual caffeine session, else "false".
+PID_FILE="/tmp/caffeine-inhibit.pid"
+OWNED_FLAG="/tmp/presence-inhibit-owned"
+
+if [[ -f "$PID_FILE" ]] && kill -0 "$(cat "$PID_FILE")" 2>/dev/null && [[ ! -f "$OWNED_FLAG" ]]; then
+    echo "true"
+else
+    echo "false"
+fi
diff --git a/desktopenvs/hyprlua/scripts/presence-detect.sh b/desktopenvs/hyprlua/scripts/presence-detect.sh
index 0c424d0..35d94e4 100755
--- a/desktopenvs/hyprlua/scripts/presence-detect.sh
+++ b/desktopenvs/hyprlua/scripts/presence-detect.sh
@@ -29,17 +29,30 @@ PID_FILE="/tmp/caffeine-inhibit.pid"
 # Marks that *this daemon* (not the manual caffeine toggle) currently holds
 # the lock, so a "no motion" tick never releases a manually-started session.
 OWNED_FLAG="/tmp/presence-inhibit-owned"
+# Records whether the camera currently SEES the user (motion on the last tick),
+# INDEPENDENT of who holds the idle lock. Unlike OWNED_FLAG this is set even when
+# a manual caffeine session already owns the lock (so the daemon never starts its
+# own inhibitor). presence-status.sh reads this so the Eww widget can show the
+# presence input as a distinct signal from a manual caffeine toggle.
+PRESENCE_FLAG="/tmp/presence-detected"
 PRESENCE_CFG="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/presence-detect.conf"
 
 # Must match the video_nr in etc-v4l2loopback/modprobe.d/v4l2loopback.conf.
 LOOPBACK_ID=42
 FEEDER_PID_FILE="/tmp/presence-loopback-feeder.pid"
 
+INTERVAL_FAST=2      # near-idle system (< LOAD_LIGHT): poll fast for responsiveness
 INTERVAL_IDLE=20     # seconds between checks under normal load
-INTERVAL_BUSY=120    # seconds between checks when CPU or RAM is >= LOAD_THRESHOLD
-LOAD_THRESHOLD=0.70
+INTERVAL_BUSY=120    # seconds between checks when CPU or RAM is >= LOAD_BUSY
+LOAD_BUSY=0.70       # CPU-or-RAM fraction at/above which we back off to INTERVAL_BUSY
+LOAD_LIGHT=0.30      # CPU-or-RAM fraction below which we speed up to INTERVAL_FAST
 NPROC="$(nproc)"
 
+# Grace window: keep reporting "present" for this long after the last detected
+# motion, so brief stillness (reading, thinking, a slow moment) never drops the
+# lock the instant one tick sees nothing. Any motion tick resets the clock.
+GRACE_SECONDS=90
+
 # Resolve camera ID: env var takes highest priority, then config file, then default 0.
 _camera_id() {
     if [[ -n "$PRESENCE_DETECT_CAMERA" ]]; then
@@ -52,23 +65,27 @@ _camera_id() {
     fi
 }
 
-# True if 1-minute load average (normalized by core count) or RAM usage is
-# at/above LOAD_THRESHOLD. Load average is a cheap, sampling-free proxy for
-# "CPU busy" — avoids adding an extra measurement delay to every tick.
-_system_busy() {
-    local load1 cpu_busy mem_frac mem_busy
+# Prints current CPU-or-RAM usage as a fraction (0..1): the higher of the
+# core-count-normalized 1-minute load average and the used-RAM fraction. Load
+# average is a cheap, sampling-free proxy for "CPU busy" — no extra measurement
+# delay per tick.
+_resource_usage() {
+    local load1 cpu_frac mem_frac
     load1="$(awk '{print $1}' /proc/loadavg)"
-    cpu_busy="$(awk -v l="$load1" -v n="$NPROC" -v t="$LOAD_THRESHOLD" \
-        'BEGIN{print (l/n >= t) ? 1 : 0}')"
-    [[ "$cpu_busy" == "1" ]] && return 0
-
+    cpu_frac="$(awk -v l="$load1" -v n="$NPROC" 'BEGIN{print l/n}')"
     mem_frac="$(free | awk '/^Mem:/ {print $3/$2}')"
-    mem_busy="$(awk -v m="$mem_frac" -v t="$LOAD_THRESHOLD" 'BEGIN{print (m >= t) ? 1 : 0}')"
-    [[ "$mem_busy" == "1" ]]
+    awk -v c="$cpu_frac" -v m="$mem_frac" 'BEGIN{print (c>m)?c:m}'
 }
 
+# Three-tier poll interval based on current resource usage:
+#   >= LOAD_BUSY   -> INTERVAL_BUSY  (heavy load: back off, stay out of the way)
+#   <  LOAD_LIGHT  -> INTERVAL_FAST  (near-idle: poll fast, cheap and responsive)
+#   otherwise      -> INTERVAL_IDLE  (normal load)
 _next_interval() {
-    if _system_busy; then echo "$INTERVAL_BUSY"; else echo "$INTERVAL_IDLE"; fi
+    local u; u="$(_resource_usage)"
+    awk -v u="$u" -v busy="$LOAD_BUSY" -v light="$LOAD_LIGHT" \
+        -v fb="$INTERVAL_BUSY" -v ff="$INTERVAL_FAST" -v fi="$INTERVAL_IDLE" \
+        'BEGIN{ if (u >= busy) print fb; else if (u < light) print ff; else print fi }'
 }
 
 # Returns true if the loopback feeder (ffmpeg mirroring real cam -> loopback)
@@ -145,13 +162,20 @@ _stop_inhibit() {
 _cleanup() {
     # On daemon stop (systemd unit stop, user logout, etc.), release the idle
     # lock (only if we're the one holding it) and stop mirroring the camera.
+    # Also clear the presence flag — with the daemon gone, nothing is watching.
     _stop_inhibit
     _stop_feeder
+    rm -f "$PRESENCE_FLAG"
     exit 0
 }
 # Intercept termination signals to ensure the inhibitor PID is never orphaned.
 trap _cleanup SIGTERM SIGINT SIGHUP
 
+# Epoch seconds of the last tick that saw motion; drives the GRACE_SECONDS
+# window below. 0 = never seen yet, so a no-motion tick at startup releases
+# immediately (nothing is held anyway).
+LAST_MOTION=0
+
 while true; do
     # Self-healing: retry the feeder every tick if it isn't up (camera
     # unplugged/replugged, ffmpeg crashed, module loaded after daemon start).
@@ -160,9 +184,19 @@ while true; do
     # Run the OpenCV motion detector; stderr suppressed to keep the journal clean.
     python3 "$PYTHON_DETECT" "$DEVICE" 2>/dev/null
     rc=$?
+    now="$(date +%s)"
     case $rc in
-        0) _start_inhibit ;;
-        1) _stop_inhibit  ;;
+        # Motion: refresh the grace clock and mark presence. PRESENCE_FLAG is
+        # updated *independently* of the inhibit lock — it reflects "camera sees
+        # you" even during a manual caffeine session (where _start_inhibit is a
+        # no-op because the lock is already held).
+        0) LAST_MOTION="$now"; touch "$PRESENCE_FLAG"; _start_inhibit ;;
+        # No motion: only actually release once we've been still for the whole
+        # grace window. Within it, leave the flag/lock exactly as they were so a
+        # brief pause in movement doesn't flicker presence off.
+        1) if (( now - LAST_MOTION >= GRACE_SECONDS )); then
+               rm -f "$PRESENCE_FLAG"; _stop_inhibit
+           fi ;;
         # rc=2 = camera busy/unavailable — silently skip, state unchanged
     esac
     sleep "$(_next_interval)"
diff --git a/desktopenvs/hyprlua/scripts/presence-status.sh b/desktopenvs/hyprlua/scripts/presence-status.sh
index 0c60489..f2115d2 100755
--- a/desktopenvs/hyprlua/scripts/presence-status.sh
+++ b/desktopenvs/hyprlua/scripts/presence-status.sh
@@ -1,20 +1,17 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# Reports whether the *presence-detect daemon* is currently holding the idle
-# inhibitor (i.e. the camera saw motion and is auto-keeping the screen awake),
-# as opposed to a manual caffeine toggle.
+# Reports the PRESENCE input for the Eww caffeine widget: whether the webcam
+# presence-detect daemon currently sees the user (motion on its last tick),
+# INDEPENDENT of whether the idle lock is held or who holds it.
 #
-# The lock is shared with caffeine.sh, so PID_FILE alone can't tell the two
-# sources apart. OWNED_FLAG is touched only by presence-detect.sh when it starts
-# the inhibitor and cleared by both a manual caffeine toggle and the daemon's
-# own release — so "PID alive AND OWNED_FLAG present" uniquely means the daemon
-# owns the lock right now.
+# presence-detect.sh writes PRESENCE_FLAG on every "motion" tick and removes it
+# on every "no motion" tick, so this is a clean, standalone signal — true even
+# during a manual caffeine session (where the daemon never starts its own
+# inhibitor). For the MANUAL-inhibit input, see caffeine-manual-status.sh.
 #
-# Prints "true" when presence-detect owns the lock, else "false". Used by the
-# Eww caffeine widget to highlight itself in the Active Hot Pink accent.
-PID_FILE="/tmp/caffeine-inhibit.pid"
-OWNED_FLAG="/tmp/presence-inhibit-owned"
+# Prints "true" when presence is detected, else "false".
+PRESENCE_FLAG="/tmp/presence-detected"
 
-if [[ -f "$PID_FILE" ]] && kill -0 "$(cat "$PID_FILE")" 2>/dev/null && [[ -f "$OWNED_FLAG" ]]; then
+if [[ -f "$PRESENCE_FLAG" ]]; then
     echo "true"
 else
     echo "false"
diff --git a/desktopenvs/hyprlua/scripts/python/presence_detect.py b/desktopenvs/hyprlua/scripts/python/presence_detect.py
index 6ab16c9..589a403 100755
--- a/desktopenvs/hyprlua/scripts/python/presence_detect.py
+++ b/desktopenvs/hyprlua/scripts/python/presence_detect.py
@@ -5,14 +5,22 @@ Exit codes: 0 = motion detected, 1 = no motion, 2 = camera error (busy/unavailab
 Usage: presence_detect.py [camera_id]
 """
 import sys
+import time
 import cv2
 import numpy as np
 
-FRAMES_TO_CHECK = 6
+FRAMES_TO_CHECK = 8
 DIFFS_NEEDED = 2        # require motion in at least N consecutive-frame diffs
-PIXEL_DELTA_THRESHOLD = 25   # per-pixel grayscale delta to count as "changed"
-MOTION_AREA_RATIO = 0.02     # fraction of pixels that must change to call it motion
+PIXEL_DELTA_THRESHOLD = 18   # per-pixel grayscale delta to count as "changed"
+MOTION_AREA_RATIO = 0.008    # fraction of pixels that must change to call it motion
 BLUR_KSIZE = (21, 21)        # Gaussian blur kernel to suppress sensor noise
+# Spacing between the frames we diff. Without it the frames are grabbed
+# back-to-back within a few milliseconds, so (a) slow, small movements barely
+# differ between adjacent frames and (b) reading off the ffmpeg v4l2loopback
+# mirror can hand back the SAME buffered frame twice → a zero delta even while
+# you're moving. Spacing the grabs out gives slow motion a real temporal
+# baseline and guarantees each compared frame is a fresh one.
+INTER_FRAME_DELAY = 0.06     # seconds between grabs (~0.5s total observation window)
 
 
 def detect(camera_id: int) -> int:
@@ -23,7 +31,9 @@ def detect(camera_id: int) -> int:
     motion_diffs = 0
     prev_gray = None
     try:
-        for _ in range(FRAMES_TO_CHECK):
+        for i in range(FRAMES_TO_CHECK):
+            if i > 0:
+                time.sleep(INTER_FRAME_DELAY)
             ok, frame = cap.read()
             if not ok:
                 continue