diff --git a/docs/how/if-journey.rst b/docs/how/if-journey.rst
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--- a/docs/how/if-journey.rst
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@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ How many of the ~62 missing zvm opcodes are actually exercised by V3 games? V3 u
 
 UPDATE: Opcode tracing (via ``scripts/trace_zmachine.py``) found Zork 1 uses 69 opcodes. zvm had 36 implemented. 33 were ported from viola. All 69 are now implemented in the hybrid interpreter (``src/mudlib/zmachine/``).
 
-All V3 gaps have been resolved. save/restore works, and sread tokenization works correctly.
+All V3 gaps have been resolved. sread tokenization works correctly. save/restore is not yet functional (see question 7).
 
 2. zvm/viola memory layout compatibility
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -231,6 +231,16 @@ Infocom games are abandonware but not legally free. Modern IF games (Lost Pig, W
 
 How hard is it to add words to a z-machine dictionary at runtime? The dictionary is in static memory. Adding words means expanding it, which means relocating it if there's no space. Is this practical?
 
+7. Save/restore in the hybrid interpreter
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+``op_save`` is a stub that always branches false (game prints "Failed."). The infrastructure is mostly there — ``TrivialFilesystem.save_game()`` prompts for a filename and writes to disk, ``QuetzalParser`` can read save files — but two pieces are missing:
+
+- ``QuetzalWriter`` chunk generators (``ifhd``, ``cmem``, ``stks``) are all stubs returning ``"0"``
+- ``op_save`` doesn't collect game state or call the filesystem
+
+To make save work: implement ``QuetzalWriter`` (XOR-compress dynamic memory against original story, serialize stack frames into Quetzal format), then wire ``op_save`` to generate the bytes and call ``self._ui.filesystem.save_game(data)``. Restore should be simpler since ``QuetzalParser`` already works — just need to wire ``op_restore`` to call ``filesystem.restore_game()`` and apply the parsed state.
+
 what to do next
 ---------------
 
@@ -244,6 +254,8 @@ Concrete next steps, roughly ordered. Update as items get done.
 
 - [x] build level 1 prototype: regardless of interpreter choice, implement the terminal object, IF mode, and subprocess dfrotz path. this proves the MUD-side architecture (mode stack, spectators, save/restore) independently of the interpreter question. (done — see ``docs/how/if-terminal.txt``)
 
+- [ ] implement save/restore: finish ``QuetzalWriter`` chunk generators and wire ``op_save``/``op_restore`` to the filesystem layer. restore should be easier since ``QuetzalParser`` already works.
+
 - [ ] study MojoZork's multiplayer model: read the MultiZork source for how it handles multiple players in one z-machine. document the pattern for our eventual level 4.
 
 - [x] find the game files: locate freely distributable z-machine story files for the games we care about. Wizard Sniffer, Lost Pig, Zork (if legally available). (zork1.z3 bundled in content/stories/)
@@ -261,7 +273,7 @@ What works:
 - instruction trace deque (last 20 instructions) for debugging state errors
 - smoke test: ``scripts/run_zork1.py`` runs the game headless, exercises core opcode paths
 - parser and lexer: all Zork 1 commands work (look, open mailbox, read leaflet, inventory, take, drop, navigation)
-- the interpreter is fully playable for Zork 1
+- the interpreter is fully playable for Zork 1 (save/restore not yet wired — see open question 7)
 
 What this enables: