diff --git a/db/data-for-test.sql b/db/data-for-test.sql
index 7148b19..b8da73c 100644
--- a/db/data-for-test.sql
+++ b/db/data-for-test.sql
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ INSERT INTO sim (discord_id, sim_name, localpart, mxid) VALUES
 ('820865262526005258', 'crunch_god', '_ooye_crunch_god', '@_ooye_crunch_god:cadence.moe'),
 ('771520384671416320', 'bojack_horseman', '_ooye_bojack_horseman', '@_ooye_bojack_horseman:cadence.moe'),
 ('112890272819507200', '.wing.', '_ooye_.wing.', '@_ooye_.wing.:cadence.moe'),
-('114147806469554185', 'extremity', '_ooye_extremity', '@_ooye_extremity:cadence.moe');
+('114147806469554185', 'extremity', '_ooye_extremity', '@_ooye_extremity:cadence.moe'),
+('111604486476181504', 'kyuugryphon', '_ooye_kyuugryphon', '@_ooye_kyuugryphon:cadence.moe');;
 
 INSERT INTO sim_member (mxid, room_id, profile_event_content_hash) VALUES
 ('@_ooye_bojack_horseman:cadence.moe', '!uCtjHhfGlYbVnPVlkG:cadence.moe', NULL);
@@ -86,7 +87,8 @@ INSERT INTO event_message (event_id, event_type, event_subtype, message_id, chan
 ('$FchUVylsOfmmbj-VwEs5Z9kY49_dt2zd0vWfylzy5Yo', 'm.room.message', 'm.text', '1143121514925928541', '1100319550446252084', 0, 1),
 ('$lnAF9IosAECTnlv9p2e18FG8rHn-JgYKHEHIh5qdFv4', 'm.room.message', 'm.text', '1106366167788044450', '122155380120748034', 0, 1),
 ('$Ijf1MFCD39ktrNHxrA-i2aKoRWNYdAV2ZXYQeiZIgEU', 'm.room.message', 'm.image', '1106366167788044450', '122155380120748034', 0, 0),
-('$f9cjKiacXI9qPF_nUAckzbiKnJEi0LM399kOkhdd8f8', 'm.sticker', NULL, '1106366167788044450', '122155380120748034', 0, 0);
+('$f9cjKiacXI9qPF_nUAckzbiKnJEi0LM399kOkhdd8f8', 'm.sticker', NULL, '1106366167788044450', '122155380120748034', 0, 0),
+('$Fxy8SMoJuTduwReVkHZ1uHif9EuvNx36Hg79cltiA04', 'm.room.message', 'm.text', '1144865310588014633', '687028734322147344', 0, 1);
 
 INSERT INTO file (discord_url, mxc_url) VALUES
 ('https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/497161332244742154/1124628646431297546/image.png', 'mxc://cadence.moe/qXoZktDqNtEGuOCZEADAMvhM'),
diff --git a/m2d/actions/send-event.js b/m2d/actions/send-event.js
index 39eed22..016768e 100644
--- a/m2d/actions/send-event.js
+++ b/m2d/actions/send-event.js
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ const {sync, discord, db} = passthrough
 const channelWebhook = sync.require("./channel-webhook")
 /** @type {import("../converters/event-to-message")} */
 const eventToMessage = sync.require("../converters/event-to-message")
+/** @type {import("../../matrix/api")}) */
+const api = sync.require("../../matrix/api")
 
 /** @param {import("../../types").Event.Outer<any>} event */
 async function sendEvent(event) {
@@ -20,10 +22,14 @@ async function sendEvent(event) {
 		threadID = channelID
 		channelID = row.thread_parent // it's the thread's parent... get with the times...
 	}
+	// @ts-ignore
+	const guildID = discord.channels.get(channelID).guild_id
+	const guild = discord.guilds.get(guildID)
+	assert(guild)
 
 	// no need to sync the matrix member to the other side. but if I did need to, this is where I'd do it
 
-	const messages = eventToMessage.eventToMessage(event)
+	const messages = await eventToMessage.eventToMessage(event, guild, {api})
 	assert(Array.isArray(messages)) // sanity
 
 	/** @type {DiscordTypes.APIMessage[]} */
diff --git a/m2d/converters/event-to-message.js b/m2d/converters/event-to-message.js
index f4382a3..cf34705 100644
--- a/m2d/converters/event-to-message.js
+++ b/m2d/converters/event-to-message.js
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ const turndownService = new TurndownService({
 	codeBlockStyle: "fenced"
 })
 
+turndownService.remove("mx-reply")
+
 turndownService.addRule("strikethrough", {
 	filter: ["del", "s", "strike"],
 	replacement: function (content) {
@@ -69,13 +71,16 @@ turndownService.addRule("fencedCodeBlock", {
 
 /**
  * @param {Ty.Event.Outer<Ty.Event.M_Room_Message>} event
+ * @param {import("discord-api-types/v10").APIGuild} guild
+ * @param {{api: import("../../matrix/api")}} di simple-as-nails dependency injection for the matrix API
  */
-function eventToMessage(event) {
+async function eventToMessage(event, guild, di) {
 	/** @type {(DiscordTypes.RESTPostAPIWebhookWithTokenJSONBody & {files?: {name: string, file: Buffer}[]})[]} */
 	let messages = []
 
 	let displayName = event.sender
 	let avatarURL = undefined
+	let replyLine = ""
 	const match = event.sender.match(/^@(.*?):/)
 	if (match) {
 		displayName = match[1]
@@ -95,7 +100,33 @@ function eventToMessage(event) {
 		// input = input.replace(/ /g, "&nbsp;")
 		// There is also a corresponding test to uncomment, named "event2message: whitespace is retained"
 
-		// Element adds a bunch of <br> before </blockquote> but doesn't render them. I can't figure out how this works, so let's just delete those.
+		// Handling replies. We'll look up the data of the replied-to event from the Matrix homeserver.
+		await (async () => {
+			const repliedToEventId = event.content["m.relates_to"]?.["m.in_reply_to"].event_id
+			if (!repliedToEventId) return
+			const repliedToEvent = await di.api.getEvent(event.room_id, repliedToEventId)
+			if (!repliedToEvent) return
+			const row = db.prepare("SELECT channel_id, message_id FROM event_message WHERE event_id = ? ORDER BY part").get(repliedToEventId)
+			if (row) {
+				replyLine = `<:L1:1144820033948762203><:L2:1144820084079087647>https://discord.com/channels/${guild.id}/${row.channel_id}/${row.message_id} `
+			} else {
+				replyLine = `<:L1:1144820033948762203><:L2:1144820084079087647>`
+			}
+			const sender = repliedToEvent.sender
+			const senderName = sender.match(/@([^:]*)/)?.[1] || sender
+			const authorID = db.prepare("SELECT discord_id FROM sim WHERE mxid = ?").pluck().get(repliedToEvent.sender)
+			if (authorID) {
+				replyLine += `<@${authorID}>: `
+			} else {
+				replyLine += `Ⓜ️**${senderName}**: `
+			}
+			const repliedToContent = repliedToEvent.content.formatted_body || repliedToEvent.content.body
+			const contentPreviewChunks = chunk(repliedToContent.replace(/.*<\/mx-reply>/, "").replace(/(?:\n|<br>)+/g, " ").replace(/<[^>]+>/g, ""), 24)
+			const contentPreview = contentPreviewChunks.length > 1 ? contentPreviewChunks[0] + "..." : contentPreviewChunks[0]
+			replyLine += contentPreview + "\n"
+		})()
+
+		// Element adds a bunch of <br> before </blockquote> but doesn't render them. I can't figure out how this even works in the browser, so let's just delete those.
 		input = input.replace(/(?:\n|<br ?\/?>\s*)*<\/blockquote>/g, "</blockquote>")
 
 		// The matrix spec hasn't decided whether \n counts as a newline or not, but I'm going to count it, because if it's in the data it's there for a reason.
@@ -127,6 +158,8 @@ function eventToMessage(event) {
 		content = content.replace(/([*_~`#])/g, `\\$1`)
 	}
 
+	content = replyLine + content
+
 	// Split into 2000 character chunks
 	const chunks = chunk(content, 2000)
 	messages = messages.concat(chunks.map(content => ({
diff --git a/m2d/converters/event-to-message.test.js b/m2d/converters/event-to-message.test.js
index afa40de..33c4d71 100644
--- a/m2d/converters/event-to-message.test.js
+++ b/m2d/converters/event-to-message.test.js
@@ -1,18 +1,42 @@
-// @ts-check
-
 const {test} = require("supertape")
 const {eventToMessage} = require("./event-to-message")
 const data = require("../../test/data")
 
+/**
+ * @param {string} roomID
+ * @param {string} eventID
+ * @returns {(roomID: string, eventID: string) => Promise<Ty.Event.Outer<Ty.Event.M_Room_Message>>}
+ */
+function mockGetEvent(t, roomID_in, eventID_in, outer) {
+	return async function(roomID, eventID) {
+		t.equal(roomID, roomID_in)
+		t.equal(eventID, eventID_in)
+		return new Promise(resolve => {
+			setTimeout(() => {
+				resolve({
+					event_id: eventID_in,
+					room_id: roomID_in,
+					origin_server_ts: 1680000000000,
+					unsigned: {
+						age: 2245,
+						transaction_id: "$local.whatever"
+					},
+					...outer
+				})
+			})
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 function sameFirstContentAndWhitespace(t, a, b) {
 	const a2 = JSON.stringify(a[0].content)
 	const b2 = JSON.stringify(b[0].content)
 	t.equal(a2, b2)
 }
 
-test("event2message: body is used when there is no formatted_body", t => {
+test("event2message: body is used when there is no formatted_body", async t => {
 	t.deepEqual(
-		eventToMessage({
+		await eventToMessage({
 			content: {
 				body: "testing plaintext",
 				msgtype: "m.text"
@@ -34,9 +58,9 @@ test("event2message: body is used when there is no formatted_body", t => {
 	)
 })
 
-test("event2message: any markdown in body is escaped", t => {
+test("event2message: any markdown in body is escaped", async t => {
 	t.deepEqual(
-		eventToMessage({
+		await eventToMessage({
 			content: {
 				body: "testing **special** ~~things~~ which _should_ *not* `trigger` @any <effects>",
 				msgtype: "m.text"
@@ -58,9 +82,9 @@ test("event2message: any markdown in body is escaped", t => {
 	)
 })
 
-test("event2message: basic html is converted to markdown", t => {
+test("event2message: basic html is converted to markdown", async t => {
 	t.deepEqual(
-		eventToMessage({
+		await eventToMessage({
 			content: {
 				msgtype: "m.text",
 				body: "wrong body",
@@ -84,9 +108,9 @@ test("event2message: basic html is converted to markdown", t => {
 	)
 })
 
-test("event2message: markdown syntax is escaped", t => {
+test("event2message: markdown syntax is escaped", async t => {
 	t.deepEqual(
-		eventToMessage({
+		await eventToMessage({
 			content: {
 				msgtype: "m.text",
 				body: "wrong body",
@@ -110,9 +134,9 @@ test("event2message: markdown syntax is escaped", t => {
 	)
 })
 
-test("event2message: html lines are bridged correctly", t => {
+test("event2message: html lines are bridged correctly", async t => {
 	t.deepEqual(
-		eventToMessage({
+		await eventToMessage({
 			content: {
 				msgtype: "m.text",
 				body: "wrong body",
@@ -136,9 +160,9 @@ test("event2message: html lines are bridged correctly", t => {
 	)
 })
 
-/*test("event2message: whitespace is retained", t => {
+/*test("event2message: whitespace is retained", async t => {
 	t.deepEqual(
-		eventToMessage({
+		await eventToMessage({
 			content: {
 				msgtype: "m.text",
 				body: "wrong body",
@@ -162,10 +186,10 @@ test("event2message: html lines are bridged correctly", t => {
 	)
 })*/
 
-test("event2message: whitespace is collapsed", t => {
+test("event2message: whitespace is collapsed", async t => {
 	sameFirstContentAndWhitespace(
 		t,
-		eventToMessage({
+		await eventToMessage({
 			content: {
 				msgtype: "m.text",
 				body: "wrong body",
@@ -189,10 +213,10 @@ test("event2message: whitespace is collapsed", t => {
 	)
 })
 
-test("event2message: lists are bridged correctly", t => {
+test("event2message: lists are bridged correctly", async t => {
 	sameFirstContentAndWhitespace(
 		t,
-		eventToMessage({
+		await eventToMessage({
 			"type": "m.room.message",
 			"sender": "@cadence:cadence.moe",
 			"content": {
@@ -217,9 +241,9 @@ test("event2message: lists are bridged correctly", t => {
 	)
 })
 
-test("event2message: long messages are split", t => {
+test("event2message: long messages are split", async t => {
 	t.deepEqual(
-		eventToMessage({
+		await eventToMessage({
 			content: {
 				body: ("a".repeat(130) + " ").repeat(19),
 				msgtype: "m.text"
@@ -245,9 +269,9 @@ test("event2message: long messages are split", t => {
 	)
 })
 
-test("event2message: code blocks work", t => {
+test("event2message: code blocks work", async t => {
 	t.deepEqual(
-		eventToMessage({
+		await eventToMessage({
 			content: {
 				msgtype: "m.text",
 				body: "wrong body",
@@ -271,9 +295,9 @@ test("event2message: code blocks work", t => {
 	)
 })
 
-test("event2message: code block contents are formatted correctly and not escaped", t => {
+test("event2message: code block contents are formatted correctly and not escaped", async t => {
 	t.deepEqual(
-		eventToMessage({
+		await eventToMessage({
 			"type": "m.room.message",
 			"sender": "@cadence:cadence.moe",
 			"content": {
@@ -298,9 +322,9 @@ test("event2message: code block contents are formatted correctly and not escaped
 	)
 })
 
-test("event2message: quotes have an appropriate amount of whitespace", t => {
+test("event2message: quotes have an appropriate amount of whitespace", async t => {
 	t.deepEqual(
-		eventToMessage({
+		await eventToMessage({
 			content: {
 				msgtype: "m.text",
 				body: "wrong body",
@@ -324,9 +348,9 @@ test("event2message: quotes have an appropriate amount of whitespace", t => {
 	)
 })
 
-test("event2message: m.emote markdown syntax is escaped", t => {
+test("event2message: m.emote markdown syntax is escaped", async t => {
 	t.deepEqual(
-		eventToMessage({
+		await eventToMessage({
 			content: {
 				msgtype: "m.emote",
 				body: "wrong body",
@@ -349,3 +373,136 @@ test("event2message: m.emote markdown syntax is escaped", t => {
 		}]
 	)
 })
+
+test("event2message: rich reply to a sim user", async t => {
+	t.deepEqual(
+		await eventToMessage({
+			"type": "m.room.message",
+			"sender": "@cadence:cadence.moe",
+			"content": {
+				"msgtype": "m.text",
+				"body": "> <@_ooye_kyuugryphon:cadence.moe> Slow news day.\n\nTesting this reply, ignore",
+				"format": "org.matrix.custom.html",
+				"formatted_body": "<mx-reply><blockquote><a href=\"https://matrix.to/#/!fGgIymcYWOqjbSRUdV:cadence.moe/$Fxy8SMoJuTduwReVkHZ1uHif9EuvNx36Hg79cltiA04?via=cadence.moe&via=feather.onl\">In reply to</a> <a href=\"https://matrix.to/#/@_ooye_kyuugryphon:cadence.moe\">@_ooye_kyuugryphon:cadence.moe</a><br>Slow news day.</blockquote></mx-reply>Testing this reply, ignore",
+				"m.relates_to": {
+					"m.in_reply_to": {
+						"event_id": "$Fxy8SMoJuTduwReVkHZ1uHif9EuvNx36Hg79cltiA04"
+					}
+				}
+			},
+			"origin_server_ts": 1693029683016,
+			"unsigned": {
+				"age": 91,
+				"transaction_id": "m1693029682894.510"
+			},
+			"event_id": "$v_Gtr-bzv9IVlSLBO5DstzwmiDd-GSFaNfHX66IupV8",
+			"room_id": "!fGgIymcYWOqjbSRUdV:cadence.moe"
+		}, data.guild.general, {
+			api: {
+				getEvent: mockGetEvent(t, "!fGgIymcYWOqjbSRUdV:cadence.moe", "$Fxy8SMoJuTduwReVkHZ1uHif9EuvNx36Hg79cltiA04", {
+					type: "m.room.message",
+					content: {
+						msgtype: "m.text",
+						body: "Slow news day."
+					},
+					sender: "@_ooye_kyuugryphon:cadence.moe"
+				})
+			}
+		}),
+		[{
+			username: "cadence",
+			content: "<:L1:1144820033948762203><:L2:1144820084079087647>https://discord.com/channels/112760669178241024/687028734322147344/1144865310588014633 <@111604486476181504>: Slow news day.\nTesting this reply, ignore",
+			avatar_url: undefined
+		}]
+	)
+})
+
+test("event2message: rich reply to a matrix user's long message with formatting", async t => {
+	t.deepEqual(
+		await eventToMessage({
+			"type": "m.room.message",
+			"sender": "@cadence:cadence.moe",
+			"content": {
+			  "msgtype": "m.text",
+			  "body": "> <@cadence:cadence.moe> ```\n> i should have a little happy test\n> ```\n> * list **bold** _em_ ~~strike~~\n> # heading 1\n> ## heading 2\n> ### heading 3\n> https://cadence.moe\n> [legit website](https://cadence.moe)\n\nno you can't!!!",
+			  "format": "org.matrix.custom.html",
+			  "formatted_body": "<mx-reply><blockquote><a href=\"https://matrix.to/#/!fGgIymcYWOqjbSRUdV:cadence.moe/$Fxy8SMoJuTduwReVkHZ1uHif9EuvNx36Hg79cltiA04?via=cadence.moe&via=feather.onl\">In reply to</a> <a href=\"https://matrix.to/#/@cadence:cadence.moe\">@cadence:cadence.moe</a><br><pre><code>i should have a little happy test\n</code></pre>\n<ul>\n<li>list <strong>bold</strong> <em>em</em> ~~strike~~</li>\n</ul>\n<h1>heading 1</h1>\n<h2>heading 2</h2>\n<h3>heading 3</h3>\n<p>https://cadence.moe<br /><a href=\"https://cadence.moe\">legit website</a></p>\n</blockquote></mx-reply><strong>no you can't!!!</strong>",
+			  "m.relates_to": {
+				 "m.in_reply_to": {
+					"event_id": "$Fxy8SMoJuTduwReVkHZ1uHif9EuvNx36Hg79cltiA04"
+				 }
+			  }
+			},
+			"origin_server_ts": 1693037401693,
+			"unsigned": {
+			  "age": 381,
+			  "transaction_id": "m1693037401592.521"
+			},
+			"event_id": "$v_Gtr-bzv9IVlSLBO5DstzwmiDd-GSFaNfHX66IupV8",
+			"room_id": "!fGgIymcYWOqjbSRUdV:cadence.moe"
+		 }, data.guild.general, {
+			api: {
+				getEvent: mockGetEvent(t, "!fGgIymcYWOqjbSRUdV:cadence.moe", "$Fxy8SMoJuTduwReVkHZ1uHif9EuvNx36Hg79cltiA04", {
+					"type": "m.room.message",
+					"sender": "@cadence:cadence.moe",
+					"content": {
+						"msgtype": "m.text",
+						"body": "```\ni should have a little happy test\n```\n* list **bold** _em_ ~~strike~~\n# heading 1\n## heading 2\n### heading 3\nhttps://cadence.moe\n[legit website](https://cadence.moe)",
+						"format": "org.matrix.custom.html",
+						"formatted_body": "<pre><code>i should have a little happy test\n</code></pre>\n<ul>\n<li>list <strong>bold</strong> <em>em</em> ~~strike~~</li>\n</ul>\n<h1>heading 1</h1>\n<h2>heading 2</h2>\n<h3>heading 3</h3>\n<p>https://cadence.moe<br><a href=\"https://cadence.moe\">legit website</a></p>\n"
+					}
+				})
+			}
+		}),
+		[{
+			username: "cadence",
+			content: "<:L1:1144820033948762203><:L2:1144820084079087647>https://discord.com/channels/112760669178241024/687028734322147344/1144865310588014633 Ⓜ️**cadence**: i should have a little...\n**no you can't!!!**",
+			avatar_url: undefined
+		}]
+	)
+})
+
+test("event2message: with layered rich replies, the preview should only be the real text", async t => {
+	t.deepEqual(
+		await eventToMessage({
+			type: "m.room.message",
+			sender: "@cadence:cadence.moe",
+			content: {
+				msgtype: "m.text",
+				body: "> <@cadence:cadence.moe> two\n\nthree",
+				format: "org.matrix.custom.html",
+				formatted_body: "<mx-reply><blockquote><a href=\"https://matrix.to/#/!PnyBKvUBOhjuCucEfk:cadence.moe/$f-noT-d-Eo_Xgpc05Ww89ErUXku4NwKWYGHLzWKo1kU?via=cadence.moe\">In reply to</a> <a href=\"https://matrix.to/#/@cadence:cadence.moe\">@cadence:cadence.moe</a><br>two</blockquote></mx-reply>three",
+				"m.relates_to": {
+					"m.in_reply_to": {
+						event_id: "$Fxy8SMoJuTduwReVkHZ1uHif9EuvNx36Hg79cltiA04"
+					}
+				}
+			},
+			event_id: "$v_Gtr-bzv9IVlSLBO5DstzwmiDd-GSFaNfHX66IupV8",
+			room_id: "!fGgIymcYWOqjbSRUdV:cadence.moe"
+		 }, data.guild.general, {
+			api: {
+				getEvent: mockGetEvent(t, "!fGgIymcYWOqjbSRUdV:cadence.moe", "$Fxy8SMoJuTduwReVkHZ1uHif9EuvNx36Hg79cltiA04", {
+					"type": "m.room.message",
+					"sender": "@cadence:cadence.moe",
+					"content": {
+						"msgtype": "m.text",
+						"body": "> <@cadence:cadence.moe> one\n\ntwo",
+						"format": "org.matrix.custom.html",
+						"formatted_body": "<mx-reply><blockquote><a href=\"https://matrix.to/#/!PnyBKvUBOhjuCucEfk:cadence.moe/$5UtboIC30EFlAYD_Oh0pSYVW8JqOp6GsDIJZHtT0Wls?via=cadence.moe\">In reply to</a> <a href=\"https://matrix.to/#/@cadence:cadence.moe\">@cadence:cadence.moe</a><br>one</blockquote></mx-reply>two",
+						"m.relates_to": {
+							"m.in_reply_to": {
+								"event_id": "$5UtboIC30EFlAYD_Oh0pSYVW8JqOp6GsDIJZHtT0Wls"
+							}
+						}
+					}
+				})
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