diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7832a26..657cd11 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ are regenerated on each release — patches cannot be merged directly.
 Report problems (or send patches) to the author; accepted changes are
 applied to the development tree and appear in a following snapshot.
 
-This snapshot was assembled from development commit `632297b7657a`.
+This snapshot was assembled from development commit `d5f9c20b94b3`.
 
 ## License
 
diff --git a/mac/command.cpp b/mac/command.cpp
index 6dd9bb8..0754211 100644
--- a/mac/command.cpp
+++ b/mac/command.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <tuple>
 
 #include "argv.h"
+#include "eval_python.h"
 #include "file.h"
 #include "log.h"
 #include "machine.h"
@@ -73,6 +74,9 @@ void set_verbose_level(int argc, char* argv[])
     args.opt("v", "'verbosity'", "level", "0", "'verbosity'");
     args.parse(argc, argv, false);
     verbose_level = args.as_verbosity("v");
+    // A klammer set's Python speaks through the log (eval_python.h): the
+    // commands only -- the binding leaves the host's sys.stdout alone.
+    set_python_output_to_log(true);
 #ifdef _WIN32
     if (console_output_cp != 0 && console_output_cp != CP_UTF8) {
         K::log(1, "Console output code page set to UTF-8 for this run (was "
diff --git a/mac/eval_python.cpp b/mac/eval_python.cpp
index f56f8a4..a17f098 100644
--- a/mac/eval_python.cpp
+++ b/mac/eval_python.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,65 @@
 std::regex Eval_python::statement_delimiter("\\s*;\\s*");
 PyObject* Eval_python::s_last_exception = nullptr;
 
+static bool s_python_output_to_log = false;
+
+void set_python_output_to_log(bool on)
+{
+    s_python_output_to_log = on;
+}
+
+// K_log(level, text): the engine's K::log, for Python.  A builtin, so a
+// klammer set's modules reach it without an import; absent outside a
+// Machine (kutil.msg falls back to stderr then).
+static PyObject* py_K_log(PyObject*, PyObject* args)
+{
+    int level = 1;
+    const char* text = nullptr;
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "is", &level, &text)) {
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+    (void)K::log(level, std::string(text));
+    Py_RETURN_NONE;
+}
+
+static PyMethodDef K_log_method = {
+    "K_log", py_K_log, METH_VARARGS,
+    "K_log(level, text): write text to the Klammertext log, shown at -v level or higher."};
+
+static void install_python_log(PyObject* globals)
+{
+    PyObject* builtins = PyEval_GetBuiltins();   // borrowed
+    if (!PyDict_GetItemString(builtins, "K_log")) {
+        PyObject* f = PyCFunction_New(&K_log_method, nullptr);
+        if (f) {
+            PyDict_SetItemString(builtins, "K_log", f);
+            Py_DECREF(f);
+        }
+    }
+    if (!s_python_output_to_log) {
+        return;
+    }
+    // sys.stdout -> the log, line by line, once per process (the class
+    // attribute marks ours; a second Eval_python leaves it in place).
+    PyRun_String(
+        "import sys\n"
+        "if not getattr(sys.stdout, '_klammertext_log', False):\n"
+        "    class _K_log_stream:\n"
+        "        _klammertext_log = True\n"
+        "        def __init__(self): self._buf = ''\n"
+        "        def write(self, s):\n"
+        "            self._buf += s\n"
+        "            while '\\n' in self._buf:\n"
+        "                line, self._buf = self._buf.split('\\n', 1)\n"
+        "                K_log(1, line)\n"
+        "            return len(s)\n"
+        "        def flush(self):\n"
+        "            if self._buf: K_log(1, self._buf); self._buf = ''\n"
+        "        def isatty(self): return False\n"
+        "    sys.stdout = _K_log_stream()\n",
+        Py_file_input, globals, globals);
+}
+
 Eval_python::Eval_python(Machine& machine, const Locator& loc)
     : m_machine(machine)
     , m_loc(loc)
@@ -30,6 +89,7 @@ Eval_python::Eval_python(Machine& machine, const Locator& loc)
     m_globals = PyDict_New();
     m_locals = PyDict_New();
     PyDict_SetItemString(m_globals, "__builtins__", PyEval_GetBuiltins());
+    install_python_log(m_globals);
     // The machine's result text, so :after_apply phase functions can take it
     // as an argument (the Python counterpart of a :cpp phase function reading
     // machine.m_result). Set directly rather than through the state's
diff --git a/mac/eval_python.h b/mac/eval_python.h
index 7a985c5..b06c44c 100644
--- a/mac/eval_python.h
+++ b/mac/eval_python.h
@@ -5,6 +5,18 @@
 
 #include "machine.h"
 
+// Where a klammer set's Python may speak.  Embedded Python's own stdout is
+// nowhere a user looks: its buffer is never flushed (no Py_Finalize), so on
+// a pipe or a file a print() vanished, and on a terminal it landed in the
+// document's stream.  Under a command, Eval_python routes it to the engine's
+// log instead: K_log(level, text) is a builtin every module sees (kutil.msg
+// uses it), and sys.stdout is replaced by a stream that logs each line at
+// level 1 -- stderr under -v, silent otherwise, never the document (the
+// output policy in CLAUDE.md).  The switch is ON for the commands
+// (set_verbose_level) and OFF for the Python binding, where sys.stdout is
+// the host script's own and must not be touched.
+void set_python_output_to_log(bool on);
+
 class Eval_python
 {
 public:
diff --git a/sks/kutil/kutil.py b/sks/kutil/kutil.py
index 97b8b09..34aaea6 100644
--- a/sks/kutil/kutil.py
+++ b/sks/kutil/kutil.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import os
 import re
+import sys
 import inspect
 import html_util
 from html_util import E
@@ -14,9 +15,18 @@ def blue_text(text):
 def red_text(text):
       return f"\033[31m{text}\033[0m"
 
-def msg(text=""):
+def msg(text="", level=1):
+    """A message from the klammer set: the engine's log (K_log, a builtin
+    under ktext), shown at -v LEVEL or higher on stderr, never in the
+    document.  Outside a Machine (a module run by hand) it goes to stderr.
+    Until 2026-09-25 this was a print(): embedded Python's stdout, which no
+    user ever saw."""
     frame = inspect.currentframe().f_back
-    print(blue_text(f"[{os.path.basename(frame.f_code.co_filename)}:{frame.f_lineno}]"), text)
+    where = f"[{os.path.basename(frame.f_code.co_filename)}:{frame.f_lineno}]"
+    try:
+        K_log(level, f"{where} {text}")
+    except NameError:
+        print(where, text, file=sys.stderr)
 
 
 def escape(s):
diff --git a/tst/eval_test.sh b/tst/eval_test.sh
index 7b8f6a5..204a968 100755
--- a/tst/eval_test.sh
+++ b/tst/eval_test.sh
@@ -273,6 +273,32 @@ else
 fi
 rm -rf "$CTX"
 
+# A klammer set's Python speaks through the log (2026-09-25, TODO 69): a
+# print() -- embedded Python's stdout, which was never flushed and so never
+# seen, or on a terminal landed in the document -- goes to stderr at -v 1
+# under the command's name, and never into the result; K_log(level, text)
+# is the builtin behind it.
+"$K/bin/ktext" --klammersets none -s '@eval print("from print"); K_log(2, "from K_log"); 42 @' -d >"$OUTF" 2>"$ERRF"
+if [ "$(cat "$OUTF")" = "42" ] && [ ! -s "$ERRF" ]; then
+    pass "23. at -v 0 a print() in @eval is silent and the result is the result alone"
+else
+    fail "23. stdout [$(cat "$OUTF")], stderr [$(plain < "$ERRF" | head -2 | tr '\n' '|')]"
+fi
+"$K/bin/ktext" --klammersets none -s '@eval print("from print"); K_log(2, "from K_log"); 42 @' -d -v 1 >"$OUTF" 2>"$ERRF"
+# A log line is "<prefix>: <text> " (K::log ends with a space); the -v 1
+# argument dump also echoes the -s text, so the checks want the log form.
+if [ "$(cat "$OUTF")" = "42" ] && grep -qE 'ktext(\.exe)?: from print $' "$ERRF" && ! grep -qE ': from K_log $' "$ERRF"; then
+    pass "24. at -v 1 the print() is a log line on stderr; a level-2 K_log is not"
+else
+    fail "24. stdout [$(cat "$OUTF")], stderr [$(plain < "$ERRF" | grep -v '^ ' | tr '\n' '|')]"
+fi
+"$K/bin/ktext" --klammersets none -s '@eval K_log(2, "from K_log"); 42 @' -d -v 2 >"$OUTF" 2>"$ERRF"
+if [ "$(cat "$OUTF")" = "42" ] && grep -qE ': from K_log $' "$ERRF"; then
+    pass "25. at -v 2 the level-2 K_log line appears"
+else
+    fail "25. stdout [$(cat "$OUTF")]" "$(plain < "$ERRF" | tail -3 | tr '\n' '|')"
+fi
+
 echo
 echo "==========="
 echo "Results: ${PASS} passed, ${FAIL} failed"
diff --git a/tst/kpy_test.sh b/tst/kpy_test.sh
index 60fb5a2..35e1287 100755
--- a/tst/kpy_test.sh
+++ b/tst/kpy_test.sh
@@ -276,6 +276,17 @@ except kt.Error as e:
 EOF
 expect "12a. an error inside a klammer body is located at the application" 'error 3 1 True'
 
+# The binding does NOT redirect sys.stdout: a print() in a document's @eval
+# is the host script's own stdout (under ktext it is a log line instead).
+run <<'EOF'
+import klammertext as kt
+M = kt.Machine(klammersets="none")
+M.read("@eval print('host stdout'); 1 @")
+print("result", M.apply())
+EOF
+expect "12b. a print() in @eval reaches the host script's stdout" 'host stdout
+result 1'
+
 run <<'EOF'
 import klammertext as kt
 try: