diff --git a/swarm-controller/src/agent_state_stream.rs b/swarm-controller/src/agent_state_stream.rs
index a9adc67c..7eca9f93 100644
--- a/swarm-controller/src/agent_state_stream.rs
+++ b/swarm-controller/src/agent_state_stream.rs
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ use crate::AppState;
 
 /// Subject family carrying agent turn-state headers — must match
 /// `hive-agent::swarm_agent_state::SUBJECT_PREFIX` exactly, since the two
-/// ends never see the constant together. `$SWARM.agent-state.<hive>.<agent>`
-/// is the full subject; as with the terminal relay's own copy, there is no
+/// ends never see the constant together. `crate::term_stream::agent_subjects`
+/// spells the full subjects; as with the terminal relay's own copy, there is no
 /// way to check the two sides agree short of this comment and the module
 /// docs on both ends staying honest about it.
 const SUBJECT_PREFIX: &str = "$SWARM.agent-state";
@@ -117,16 +117,12 @@ pub(crate) async fn stream_agent_state(
         )
     })?;
 
-    let subject = format!("{SUBJECT_PREFIX}.{hive}.{agent}");
-    let subscriber = client.subscribe(subject.clone()).await.map_err(|e| {
-        tracing::warn!(%subject, error = %e, "state stream: subscribe failed");
-        crate::error_problem(
-            axum::http::StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
-            &format!("subscribing to {subject} failed: {e}"),
-        )
-    })?;
-
-    tracing::info!(%subject, "state stream: client attached");
+    let subscriber = crate::term_stream::subscribe_all(
+        &client,
+        &crate::term_stream::agent_subjects(SUBJECT_PREFIX, &hive, &agent),
+        "state",
+    )
+    .await?;
     let stream =
         subscriber.map(|msg| Ok(Event::default().data(String::from_utf8_lossy(&msg.payload))));
     Ok(Sse::new(stream).keep_alive(KeepAlive::default()))
diff --git a/swarm-controller/src/term_stream.rs b/swarm-controller/src/term_stream.rs
index 628f364f..3cd6a878 100644
--- a/swarm-controller/src/term_stream.rs
+++ b/swarm-controller/src/term_stream.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
 //!
 //! **Live tail only, on purpose.** `hive-agent` publishes each
 //! already-classified `TermMsg` row to the core subject
-//! `$SWARM.term.{hive}.{agent}` (see `hive-agent::swarm_term`'s module
+//! `$SWARM.term.{agent}` (`$SWARM.term.{hive}.{agent}` from an agent on its
+//! hive's shared credential; see `hive-agent::swarm_term`'s module
 //! doc) — a core subject, not `JetStream`, so a subscriber who was not
 //! listening missed the row, same as on the agent's own local SSE
 //! stream. This handler relays exactly that: no replay, no last-N
@@ -34,8 +35,8 @@ use crate::AppState;
 
 /// Subject family carrying agent terminal rows — must match
 /// `hive-agent::swarm_term::SUBJECT_PREFIX` exactly, since the two ends
-/// never see the constant together. `$SWARM.term.<hive>.<agent>` is the
-/// full subject; there is no way to check the two sides agree short of
+/// never see the constant together. [`agent_subjects`] spells the full
+/// subjects; there is no way to check the two sides agree short of
 /// this comment and the module docs on both ends staying honest about it.
 const SUBJECT_PREFIX: &str = "$SWARM.term";
 
@@ -116,17 +117,63 @@ pub(crate) async fn stream_agent_term(
         )
     })?;
 
-    let subject = format!("{SUBJECT_PREFIX}.{hive}.{agent}");
-    let subscriber = client.subscribe(subject.clone()).await.map_err(|e| {
-        tracing::warn!(%subject, error = %e, "term stream: subscribe failed");
-        crate::error_problem(
-            axum::http::StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
-            &format!("subscribing to {subject} failed: {e}"),
-        )
-    })?;
-
-    tracing::info!(%subject, "term stream: client attached");
+    let subscriber = subscribe_all(
+        &client,
+        &agent_subjects(SUBJECT_PREFIX, &hive, &agent),
+        "term",
+    )
+    .await?;
     let stream =
         subscriber.map(|msg| Ok(Event::default().data(String::from_utf8_lossy(&msg.payload))));
     Ok(Sse::new(stream).keep_alive(KeepAlive::default()))
 }
+
+/// The subjects one agent publishes on under `prefix`: its own
+/// `<prefix>.<agent>`, and `<prefix>.<hive>.<agent>`, which an agent still on
+/// its hive's shared queue credential publishes to.
+pub(crate) fn agent_subjects(prefix: &str, hive: &str, agent: &str) -> [String; 2] {
+    [
+        format!("{prefix}.{agent}"),
+        format!("{prefix}.{hive}.{agent}"),
+    ]
+}
+
+/// Subscribe to every one of `subjects`, merged into one stream. `what` names
+/// the relay in logs and errors.
+pub(crate) async fn subscribe_all(
+    client: &async_nats::Client,
+    subjects: &[String],
+    what: &str,
+) -> Result<futures_util::stream::SelectAll<async_nats::Subscriber>, problem_details::ProblemDetails>
+{
+    let mut subscribers = Vec::with_capacity(subjects.len());
+    for subject in subjects {
+        let subscriber = client.subscribe(subject.clone()).await.map_err(|e| {
+            tracing::warn!(%subject, error = %e, "{what} stream: subscribe failed");
+            crate::error_problem(
+                axum::http::StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
+                &format!("subscribing to {subject} failed: {e}"),
+            )
+        })?;
+        subscribers.push(subscriber);
+    }
+    tracing::info!(?subjects, "{what} stream: client attached");
+    Ok(futures_util::stream::select_all(subscribers))
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    /// Both shapes, so an agent on either credential is streamed.
+    #[test]
+    fn a_relay_subscribes_to_the_agents_own_subject_and_its_hive_scoped_one() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            agent_subjects(SUBJECT_PREFIX, "h1", "atlas"),
+            [
+                "$SWARM.term.atlas".to_owned(),
+                "$SWARM.term.h1.atlas".to_owned(),
+            ]
+        );
+    }
+}