diff --git a/scripts/profile_sync.py b/scripts/profile_sync.py
index 363c79ef..3053c914 100644
--- a/scripts/profile_sync.py
+++ b/scripts/profile_sync.py
@@ -2751,8 +2751,16 @@ def _scalar_values(document: dict) -> dict[str, str]:
     }
 
 
+def _pin_of(document: dict, field: str, mode: str = "") -> str | None:
+    """A pin as the profile records it, read for one build mode when keyed."""
+    value = document.get(field)
+    if isinstance(value, dict):
+        value = value.get(mode) if mode else None
+    return value if isinstance(value, str) and value else None
+
+
 def _writing_pins(
-    revisions: list[tuple[str, dict]], intro_sha: str, field: str
+    revisions: list[tuple[str, dict]], intro_sha: str, field: str, mode: str = ""
 ) -> list[str]:
     """Distinct pins committed while the scalar held its current text.
 
@@ -2771,8 +2779,8 @@ def _writing_pins(
         return []
     pins: list[str] = []
     for position in range(index, -1, -1):
-        value = revisions[position][1].get(field)
-        if isinstance(value, str) and value and value not in pins:
+        value = _pin_of(revisions[position][1], field, mode)
+        if value and value not in pins:
             pins.append(value)
     return pins
 
@@ -2869,11 +2877,11 @@ def _writing_pairs(
     """
     options: list[list] = []
     ambiguous: list[str] = []
-    for pin_field, repo in repos:
-        current = document.get(f"{pin_field}_commit")
-        if not isinstance(current, str) or not current:
+    for pin_field, mode, repo in repos:
+        current = _pin_of(document, f"{pin_field}_commit", mode)
+        if not current:
             continue
-        written = _writing_pins(revisions, intro_sha, f"{pin_field}_commit")
+        written = _writing_pins(revisions, intro_sha, f"{pin_field}_commit", mode)
         if len(written) > 1:
             ambiguous.append(f"{pin_field}_commit {' -> '.join(written)}")
         # The current pin among the candidates reads as "no move" (None) for
@@ -2950,18 +2958,20 @@ def realign_prose(
     citations = [c for c in collect_citations(document) if c.kind == "prose"]
     if not citations:
         return []
+    # Every repository the profile declares, by build mode where it keys
+    # them so: eka2l1, mesence, supermodel and xemu pin a dict, and reading
+    # str(dict) found no repository at all, so their prose was never judged.
     repos = [
-        (field, upstream.parse_repo(str(document.get(field) or "")))
-        for field in ("source", "upstream")
+        (field, mode, repo)
+        for field, mode, url in declared_repositories(document)
+        if field != "source_mirror" and (repo := upstream.parse_repo(url)) is not None
     ]
-    repos = [(field, repo) for field, repo in repos if repo is not None]
     if not repos:
         return []
     pinned = [
-        (repo, document[f"{field}_commit"])
-        for field, repo in repos
-        if isinstance(document.get(f"{field}_commit"), str)
-        and document[f"{field}_commit"]
+        (repo, pin)
+        for field, mode, repo in repos
+        if (pin := _pin_of(document, f"{field}_commit", mode))
     ]
     history = _git_history(path)
     if history is None:
diff --git a/tests/test_profile_sync.py b/tests/test_profile_sync.py
index 893ee18b..7a667f66 100644
--- a/tests/test_profile_sync.py
+++ b/tests/test_profile_sync.py
@@ -2368,11 +2368,25 @@ class TestWriteDryRun(unittest.TestCase):
         ]
         repo = object()
         readings, ambiguous = profile_sync._writing_pairs(
-            {"source_commit": "pin2"}, [("source", repo)], revisions, "c1"
+            {"source_commit": "pin2"}, [("source", "", repo)], revisions, "c1"
         )
         self.assertEqual(readings, [[(repo, "pin1", "pin2")], []])
         self.assertTrue(ambiguous)
 
+    def test_a_pin_keyed_by_build_mode_is_read_for_its_mode(self):
+        """eka2l1 pins a dict per build: read as a string, it gave no
+        repository and its prose was never judged."""
+        revisions = [
+            ("c2", {"source_commit": {"libretro": "new", "standalone": "s"}}),
+            ("c1", {"source_commit": {"libretro": "old", "standalone": "s"}}),
+        ]
+        repo = object()
+        readings, _ambiguous = profile_sync._writing_pairs(
+            {"source_commit": {"libretro": "new", "standalone": "s"}},
+            [("source", "libretro", repo)], revisions, "c1",
+        )
+        self.assertIn([(repo, "old", "new")], readings)
+
     def test_stale_prose_holds_the_pin(self):
         """boom3: a note written at an older pin is not anchored from this one."""
         before = self.path.read_text()