diff --git a/client/main.tsx b/client/main.tsx
index 4399937..35bbf7f 100644
--- a/client/main.tsx
+++ b/client/main.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { Signal } from "@char/aftercare";
+import { ChatResponse } from "./response.tsx";
 
 const main = document.querySelector("main")!;
 
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ async function nav() {
     button.addEventListener("click", e => {
       e.preventDefault();
 
-      main.append(conversationUI(conversation.id, conversation.name));
+      main.append(conversationUI(conversation.id));
       nav.remove();
     });
 
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ async function nav() {
       _tap={b =>
         b.addEventListener("click", e => {
           e.preventDefault();
-          main.append(conversationUI("new", "New conversation"));
+          main.append(conversationUI("new"));
           nav.remove();
         })
       }
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ function conversationUI(id: string) {
   });
 
   const chatlog = <section className="chatlog" />;
-  const inFlightMessages = new Map<string, Element>();
+  const inFlightMessages = new Map<string, ChatResponse>();
 
   socket.addEventListener("message", event => {
     if (typeof event.data !== "string") return;
@@ -87,15 +88,20 @@ function conversationUI(id: string) {
     } else if ("u" in message) {
       chatlog.append(<article className="user">{message.u}</article>);
     } else if ("f" in message) {
-      chatlog.append(<article className="assistant">{message.f}</article>);
+      const response = new ChatResponse();
+      response.append(message.f);
+      response.finalize();
+      chatlog.append(response.element);
     } else if ("s" in message) {
-      const article = <article className="assistant" />;
-      inFlightMessages.set(message.s, article);
-      chatlog.append(article);
+      const response = new ChatResponse();
+      inFlightMessages.set(message.s, response);
+      chatlog.append(response.element);
     } else if ("r" in message && "c" in message) {
       const article = inFlightMessages.get(message.r)!;
       article.append(message.c);
     } else if ("d" in message) {
+      const response = inFlightMessages.get(message.d);
+      if (response) response.finalize();
       inFlightMessages.delete(message.d);
     } else if ("n" in message) {
       name.set(message.n);
diff --git a/client/response.tsx b/client/response.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6697fa9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/response.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+import hljs from "npm:highlight.js/lib/core";
+import javascript from "npm:highlight.js/lib/languages/javascript";
+import python from "npm:highlight.js/lib/languages/python";
+import rust from "npm:highlight.js/lib/languages/rust";
+
+hljs.registerLanguage("javascript", javascript);
+hljs.registerLanguage("rust", rust);
+hljs.registerLanguage("python", python);
+
+export class ChatResponse {
+  element = (<article className="assistant" />);
+
+  currentLine: Text | undefined;
+
+  codeBlockContext: Element | undefined;
+  thinkingContext: HTMLDetailsElement | undefined;
+
+  currentContext(): Element {
+    if (this.codeBlockContext) return this.codeBlockContext;
+    if (this.thinkingContext) return this.thinkingContext;
+    return this.element;
+  }
+
+  finalizeLine() {
+    if (!this.currentLine?.textContent) return;
+    const line = this.currentLine.textContent;
+
+    if (!this.thinkingContext && line === "<think>") {
+      this.thinkingContext = (
+        <details open>
+          <summary>{`<think />`}</summary>
+        </details>
+      ) as HTMLDetailsElement;
+      this.element.append(this.thinkingContext);
+      this.currentLine.remove();
+    } else if (this.thinkingContext && line === "</think>") {
+      this.currentLine.remove();
+      this.thinkingContext.open = false;
+      this.thinkingContext = undefined;
+    }
+
+    if (line.startsWith("```")) {
+      const remainder = line.substring(3).trimStart();
+      this.currentLine.remove();
+
+      if (!this.codeBlockContext) {
+        const pre = (
+          <pre>
+            <code className={`language-${remainder}`} />
+          </pre>
+        );
+        this.currentContext().append(pre);
+        this.codeBlockContext = pre.querySelector("code")!;
+      } else {
+        hljs.highlightElement(this.codeBlockContext as HTMLElement);
+        // TODO: highlight.js the guy
+
+        this.codeBlockContext = undefined;
+        this.currentContext().append(remainder);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  append(text: string) {
+    const tokens = text
+      .split(/(\s+)/)
+      .flatMap(s => s.split(/(\n)/))
+      .filter(s => s);
+    for (const token of tokens) {
+      if (token === "\n") {
+        if (!this.currentLine) continue;
+
+        this.finalizeLine();
+        this.currentLine.appendData(token);
+        this.currentLine = undefined;
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      if (this.currentLine === undefined) {
+        this.currentLine = document.createTextNode(token);
+        this.currentContext().append(this.currentLine);
+      } else {
+        this.currentLine.appendData(token);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  finalize() {
+    this.finalizeLine();
+
+    // TODO: check if we have a dangling think section or code block and lift it back out
+  }
+}
diff --git a/client/web/css/styles.css b/client/web/css/styles.css
index 220fb14..b5577d8 100644
--- a/client/web/css/styles.css
+++ b/client/web/css/styles.css
@@ -1,16 +1,19 @@
 :root {
   --color-bg: 0 0 0;
+  --color-bg-x: 16 16 16;
   --color-fg: 255 255 255;
   --color-off-accent: var(--color-fg);
   --alpha-text: 1;
+
+  line-height: 1.25;
 }
 
 ::selection {
   background-color: rgb(var(--color-accent) / 0.5);
 }
 
-input {
-  --color-bg: 16 16 16;
+input[type="text"] {
+  background-color: rgb(var(--color-bg-x) / 1);
 }
 
 button {
@@ -29,8 +32,7 @@ form input {
   font-size: 16px;
 }
 
-section,
-article {
+:is(section, article, header) {
   margin: 0;
 }
 
@@ -83,4 +85,65 @@ main,
     padding-bottom: 0;
     color: rgb(var(--color-text) / 0.5);
   }
+
+  summary {
+    margin-bottom: 0;
+    color: rgb(var(--color-accent) / 1);
+    font-weight: bold;
+  }
+}
+
+pre > code {
+  font-size: 0.8em;
+}
+
+.hljs-keyword,
+.hljs-selector-tag,
+.hljs-title,
+.hljs-section,
+.hljs-doctag,
+.hljs-name,
+.hljs-strong {
+  font-weight: bold;
+  color: hsl(293, 63%, 76%);
+}
+
+.hljs-comment {
+  color: hsl(248, 7%, 56%);
+}
+
+.hljs-title,
+.hljs-section,
+.hljs-built_in,
+.hljs-literal,
+.hljs-type,
+.hljs-addition,
+.hljs-tag,
+.hljs-quote,
+.hljs-name,
+.hljs-selector-id,
+.hljs-selector-class {
+  color: hsl(263, 68%, 72%);
+}
+
+.hljs-string,
+.hljs-meta,
+.hljs-subst,
+.hljs-symbol,
+.hljs-regexp,
+.hljs-attribute,
+.hljs-deletion,
+.hljs-variable,
+.hljs-template-variable,
+.hljs-link,
+.hljs-bullet {
+  color: hsl(330, 100%, 74%);
+}
+
+.hljs-number {
+  color: hsl(202, 87%, 76%);
+}
+
+.hljs-emphasis {
+  font-style: italic;
 }