diff --git a/lib/check.ml b/lib/check.ml
index 84dd80ba..fc987993 100644
--- a/lib/check.ml
+++ b/lib/check.ml
@@ -4573,14 +4573,14 @@ module Found = Ephemeron.K1.Make (struct
 let mismatch_found : Types.t Found.t = Found.create 16
 
 let unbox loc (want : Types.t) (e : Tast.expr) : Tast.expr =
-  let need sym ty = rt loc ty sym [ e ] in
+  let need sym ty = rt loc ty sym [ e; here loc ] in
   match want with
-  | Types.Float Types.F64 -> need "flan_dyn_need_f64" dyn_f64
+  | Types.Float Types.F64 -> need "flan_dyn_need_f64_at" dyn_f64
   | Types.Bool ->
     (* The ABI answers an [int32_t]; [bool] is an [i1]. The narrowing is the
        language's own cast and cannot fail — the runtime already decided the
        value was a bool, so what comes back is 0 or 1. *)
-    widen loc Types.Bool (need "flan_dyn_need_bool" (Types.Int Types.I32))
+    widen loc Types.Bool (need "flan_dyn_need_bool_at" (Types.Int Types.I32))
   (* Only a dyn char: an int is a number until (char n) converts it. *)
   | Types.Char -> rt loc Types.Char "flan_dyn_need_char" [ e; here loc ]
   (* Any integer width, checked at run time at this site (TODO.org, "Dyn
@@ -9856,8 +9856,14 @@ and check_the ctx ~want loc (t : Ast.texpr) (v : Ast.expr) =
   in
   (* (the dyn nil) is a dyn value that holds nil, not the literal: at a typed
      want it traps at run time as any dyn holding nil does, where a bare nil
-     is refused ([is_nil_lit] sees through nothing, so the [Do] hides it). *)
-  let r = if is_nil_lit r && ty = Types.Dyn then mk loc Types.Dyn (Tast.Do [ r ]) else r in
+     is refused. (the dyn 1) is likewise a dyn, not a literal that brings
+     nothing dyn to an operator ([no_bare_nil]). [is_nil_lit] and
+     [boxed_literal] see through nothing, so the [Do] hides both. *)
+  let r =
+    if ty = Types.Dyn && (is_nil_lit r || boxed_literal r <> None) then
+      mk loc Types.Dyn (Tast.Do [ r ])
+    else r
+  in
   expect ctx loc ~want r
 
 (* [f] run for its answer alone: whatever it wrote into the context is put
diff --git a/lib/emit.ml b/lib/emit.ml
index d18cb4c3..c519af35 100644
--- a/lib/emit.ml
+++ b/lib/emit.ml
@@ -5149,6 +5149,8 @@ declare ptr @flan_dev_literal(ptr, i64)
 declare i64 @flan_dyn_need_i64(i64)
 declare double @flan_dyn_need_f64(i64)
 declare i32 @flan_dyn_need_bool(i64)
+declare double @flan_dyn_need_f64_at(i64, ptr, i64)
+declare i32 @flan_dyn_need_bool_at(i64, ptr, i64)
 declare i32 @flan_dyn_need_i32(i64, ptr, i64)
 declare i64 @flan_dyn_need_int(i64, i32, ptr, i64)
 declare i64 @flan_dyn_int_of(i64)
diff --git a/runtime/flan_dyn.c b/runtime/flan_dyn.c
index 455bff6e..78a91b30 100644
--- a/runtime/flan_dyn.c
+++ b/runtime/flan_dyn.c
@@ -2817,11 +2817,14 @@ int64_t flan_dyn_need_i64(flan_dyn v) {
  * makes rather than a surprise somebody meets. Softening the check here is the
  * option not to take: this function sees a tag and nothing else, so it could
  * not tell (g 1) from (g (length xs)). */
-double flan_dyn_need_f64(flan_dyn v) {
+/* The _at forms trap at the site the checker hands over; the plain ones are
+ * for C callers that have none. */
+double flan_dyn_need_f64_at(flan_dyn v, const uint8_t *loc, int64_t loclen) {
   if (flan_dyn_tag(v) != FLAN_DYN_TAG_FLOAT)
-    trap1(NULL, 0, TYPE_TRAP, "f64", "a float was wanted", v);
+    trap1(loc, loclen, TYPE_TRAP, "f64", "a float was wanted", v);
   return dyn_num_value(v);
 }
+double flan_dyn_need_f64(flan_dyn v) { return flan_dyn_need_f64_at(v, NULL, 0); }
 
 static const char *an(const char *w);   /* forward: "a" or "an" */
 
@@ -2914,11 +2917,12 @@ uint32_t flan_dyn_need_char(flan_dyn v, const uint8_t *loc, int64_t loclen) {
   flan_trap((const uint8_t *)"DynType", 7);
 }
 
-uint8_t flan_dyn_need_bool(flan_dyn v) {
+uint8_t flan_dyn_need_bool_at(flan_dyn v, const uint8_t *loc, int64_t loclen) {
   if (flan_dyn_tag(v) != FLAN_DYN_TAG_BOOL)
-    trap1(NULL, 0, TYPE_TRAP, "bool", "a bool was wanted", v);
+    trap1(loc, loclen, TYPE_TRAP, "bool", "a bool was wanted", v);
   return (uint8_t)(dyn_payload(v) ? 1 : 0);
 }
+uint8_t flan_dyn_need_bool(flan_dyn v) { return flan_dyn_need_bool_at(v, NULL, 0); }
 
 /* ── A numeric cast opening a box ───────────────────────────────────────
  *
diff --git a/runtime/flan_dyn.h b/runtime/flan_dyn.h
index bfb8c85d..d938545c 100644
--- a/runtime/flan_dyn.h
+++ b/runtime/flan_dyn.h
@@ -306,6 +306,9 @@ void flan_dyn_emit_watch(flan_dyn v);
 int64_t flan_dyn_need_i64(flan_dyn v);
 double  flan_dyn_need_f64(flan_dyn v);
 uint8_t flan_dyn_need_bool(flan_dyn v);
+/* The same, trapping at the site [loc] names. */
+double  flan_dyn_need_f64_at(flan_dyn v, const uint8_t *loc, int64_t loclen);
+uint8_t flan_dyn_need_bool_at(flan_dyn v, const uint8_t *loc, int64_t loclen);
 /* For a typed integer of width [kind], 0..7 for i8 u8 i16 u16 i32 u32 i64
  * u64: an int in range, or a char's code point where it fits (ASCII only
  * into a byte), as an i64 the caller narrows. Anything else traps at [loc].
diff --git a/test/programs/dyn-crossing.flan b/test/programs/dyn-crossing.flan
index def9fecb..f4f61684 100644
--- a/test/programs/dyn-crossing.flan
+++ b/test/programs/dyn-crossing.flan
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
         (let [r (the i32 0)]
           (when (= a "nil-want-first") (set r (+ (the dyn nil) 1 2)))
           (when (= a "nil-want-last") (set r (+ 1 2 (the dyn nil))))
-          (set r (+ r (at-i32 a)))
+          (set r (+ r (at-i32 a))) (the-literal a)
           (println r)))))
   0)
 
@@ -79,3 +79,16 @@
       (= a "i32-nil-mid") (+ 1 none 1)
       (= a "i32-nil-last") (+ 1 1 none)
       :else 0)))
+
+;; (the dyn <literal>) is a dyn like any other: beside nil it traps at run
+;; time, as a dyn bound to a name does. And opening one at f64 or bool names
+;; its site.
+(defn the-literal [a str] ()
+  (let [x (the f64 0.0)
+        b false]
+    (when (= a "lit-int") (println (+ (the dyn 1) nil)))
+    (when (= a "lit-float") (println (+ (the dyn 1.5) nil)))
+    (when (= a "lit-bool") (println (+ (the dyn true) nil)))
+    (when (= a "lit-let") (let [d (the dyn 1)] (println (+ d nil))))
+    (when (= a "want-f64") (set x (the dyn 3)) (println x))
+    (when (= a "want-bool") (set b (the dyn 3)) (println b))))
diff --git a/test/test_acceptance.ml b/test/test_acceptance.ml
index c10ec35e..6cb47fec 100644
--- a/test/test_acceptance.ml
+++ b/test/test_acceptance.ml
@@ -5708,7 +5708,15 @@ level "1"
         "big-shift", "77:25", too_wide "4294967294";
         "i32-nil-first", "78:29", "dyn +: nil and int, and it takes two numbers — (+ nil 1)";
         "i32-nil-mid", "79:27", "dyn +: int and nil, and it takes two numbers — (+ 1 nil)";
-        "i32-nil-last", "80:28", "dyn +: int and nil, and it takes two numbers — (+ 2 nil)" ]
+        "i32-nil-last", "80:28", "dyn +: int and nil, and it takes two numbers — (+ 2 nil)";
+        (* (the dyn <literal>) beside nil traps as a named dyn does, and an
+           f64 or bool opening names its site. *)
+        "lit-int", "89:36", "dyn +: int and nil, and it takes two numbers — (+ 1 nil)";
+        "lit-float", "90:38", "dyn +: float and nil, and it takes two numbers — (+ 1.5 nil)";
+        "lit-bool", "91:37", "dyn +: bool and nil, and it takes two numbers — (+ true nil)";
+        "lit-let", "92:57", "dyn +: int and nil, and it takes two numbers — (+ 1 nil)";
+        "want-f64", "93:35", "dyn f64: int, and a float was wanted — (f64 3)";
+        "want-bool", "94:36", "dyn bool: int, and a bool was wanted — (bool 3)" ]
     in
     List.iter
       (fun x86 ->
diff --git a/test/test_flan.ml b/test/test_flan.ml
index 836e7433..9154491e 100644
--- a/test/test_flan.ml
+++ b/test/test_flan.ml
@@ -2103,6 +2103,10 @@ let () =
     "(defn f [p dyn] i32 (+ 1 2 p (the dyn nil)))\n\
      (defn g [] i32 (let [r (the i32 0)] (set r (+ (the dyn nil) 1 2)) r))\n\
      (defn main [] i32 (println (< 1 2 (the dyn nil))) 0)";
+  accepts "nil beside (the dyn <literal>) is left to the run time"
+    "(defn main [] i32\n\
+     (println (+ (the dyn 1) nil) (+ (the dyn 1.5) nil) (+ (the dyn true) nil)\n\
+     (< (the dyn 1) nil) (min 2 (the dyn 1.5) nil)) 0)";
   accepts "nil beside a real dyn in a fold is left to the run time"
     "(defn f [p dyn] dyn (+ 1 2 p nil))\n(defn main [] i32 0)";
   (* An operand past the pair asked on its own terms records nothing: the