diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css b/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css
index c7f541c..1638e8d 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css
@@ -1080,6 +1080,49 @@ dialog::backdrop {
   background: rgba(0,0,0,.5);
 }
 
+@media (prefers-reduced-motion: no-preference) {
+  dialog:not(.facts-modal)[open] {
+    translate: 0 0;
+    transition: translate var(--dur-base) var(--ease-out);
+  }
+
+  @starting-style {
+    dialog:not(.facts-modal)[open] {
+      translate: 0 100dvh;
+    }
+  }
+
+  dialog:not(.facts-modal)[open].is-leaving,
+  dialog:not(.facts-modal)[open].is-confirming {
+    pointer-events: none;
+    transition-timing-function: var(--ease-in);
+  }
+
+  dialog:not(.facts-modal)[open].is-leaving {
+    translate: 0 100dvh;
+  }
+
+  dialog:not(.facts-modal)[open].is-confirming {
+    translate: 0 -100dvh;
+  }
+
+  dialog:not(.facts-modal)[open]::backdrop {
+    opacity: 1;
+    transition: opacity var(--dur-base) var(--ease-out);
+  }
+
+  @starting-style {
+    dialog:not(.facts-modal)[open]::backdrop {
+      opacity: 0;
+    }
+  }
+
+  dialog:not(.facts-modal)[open].is-leaving::backdrop,
+  dialog:not(.facts-modal)[open].is-confirming::backdrop {
+    opacity: 0;
+  }
+}
+
 .header-label {
   text-transform: uppercase;  
   font: var(--td-s);
diff --git a/app/javascript/chance_controller.js b/app/javascript/chance_controller.js
index 6081a0c..65be9bf 100644
--- a/app/javascript/chance_controller.js
+++ b/app/javascript/chance_controller.js
@@ -4,28 +4,51 @@ export default class extends Controller {
   static targets = ["dialog"]
 
   confirm(event) {
-    // The second pass — after the player confirmed — falls through to Turbo.
+    // The second pass -- after the player confirmed -- falls through to Turbo.
     if (this.confirmed) return
 
     event.preventDefault()
     this.pendingForm = event.target
+    this.dialogTarget.classList.remove("is-confirming", "is-leaving")
+    this.leaving = false
     this.dialogTarget.showModal()
   }
 
-  ok() {
-    this.dialogTarget.close()
+  // The dialog leaves upwards before the answer is sent, so the wait is however
+  // long that slide takes -- and nothing at all where the slide doesn't exist.
+  async ok() {
+    if (this.leaving) return
+    await this.#slideOut("is-confirming")
+
     // requestSubmit(), not submit(): the native call skips the submit event, so
     // Turbo would miss it and navigate the whole page out of the game frame.
     this.confirmed = true
     this.pendingForm?.requestSubmit()
   }
 
-  cancel() {
-    this.dialogTarget.close()
+  async cancel() {
+    if (this.leaving) return
+    await this.#slideOut("is-leaving")
     this.pendingForm = null
   }
 
   backdropClick(event) {
     if (event.target === this.dialogTarget) this.cancel()
   }
+
+  // The slide runs while the dialog is still open, so close() only ever lands
+  // once it is off screen: nothing is left behind for the browser to lay out,
+  // which is what Safari does with a dialog that outlives its top layer.
+  async #slideOut(state) {
+    this.leaving = true
+    this.dialogTarget.classList.add(state)
+
+    // Reading a style forces the class change to resolve, so the transition
+    // exists by the time we ask for it.
+    getComputedStyle(this.dialogTarget).translate
+    const running = this.dialogTarget.getAnimations({ subtree: false })
+    await Promise.all(running.map((animation) => animation.finished)).catch(() => {})
+
+    this.dialogTarget.close()
+  }
 }