diff --git a/game/scripts/art/pixel_style.gd b/game/scripts/art/pixel_style.gd
index 19757ce..4c011d1 100644
--- a/game/scripts/art/pixel_style.gd
+++ b/game/scripts/art/pixel_style.gd
@@ -440,7 +440,9 @@ func _shadow_image(width: int) -> Pixels:
 func _figure_image(colour: int, frame: int, left: bool) -> Pixels:
 	var pixels := Pixels.new(FIGURE_SIZE.x, FIGURE_SIZE.y)
 	var shirt := players[colour]
-	var bob := -1 if frame == 2 or frame == 4 else 0
+	# The body sinks a pixel while the legs are apart, so the head always keeps
+	# a free row above it for its outline.
+	var bob := 1 if frame == 1 or frame == 3 else 0
 	# The far leg and the near leg, by frame.
 	var legs: Array[Vector2i] = [Vector2i(6, 9), Vector2i(5, 10), Vector2i(7, 8), Vector2i(10, 5), Vector2i(8, 7)]
 	for leg in 2:
diff --git a/game/tests/test_pixel_style.gd b/game/tests/test_pixel_style.gd
index 4a6871d..7e5396c 100644
--- a/game/tests/test_pixel_style.gd
+++ b/game/tests/test_pixel_style.gd
@@ -79,3 +79,12 @@ func test_a_figure_walks_in_four_steps_and_faces_both_ways() -> void:
 	check_eq(left.get_data(), frames[1], "facing left mirrors facing right")
 	var other := style._figure_image(1, 0, false).image
 	check(other.get_data() != frames[0], "another player has another colour")
+
+
+func test_the_head_keeps_its_outline_in_every_step() -> void:
+	var style := WarmStyle.new()
+	for frame in 5:
+		var image := style._figure_image(0, frame, false).image
+		for x in image.get_width():
+			var top := image.get_pixel(x, 0)
+			check(top.a == 0.0 or top == style.palette["outline"], "frame %d, column %d: %s" % [frame, x, top])