diff --git a/crates/skate-game/src/animation_pose.rs b/crates/skate-game/src/animation_pose.rs
index 55a46dc0..13031498 100644
--- a/crates/skate-game/src/animation_pose.rs
+++ b/crates/skate-game/src/animation_pose.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use skate_core::animation::{
     output::{self, NativeMatrix, Sqt},
     playback_tree::PoseCommand,
     pose_add, pose_blend, pose_mirror,
-    pose_sample::{sample_key_vbr, select_frames},
+    pose_sample::{sample_key, select_frames},
     pose_trajectory::{self, LoopTransform},
 };
 use skate_data::{
@@ -163,7 +163,10 @@ fn sample_clip(clip: &ClipFrames, time: f32) -> Result<Vec<Sqt>, String> {
         .zip(&clip.frames[selection.second])
         .enumerate()
         .map(|(bone, (&first, &second))| {
-            let mut sample = sample_key_vbr(sqt(first), sqt(second), selection);
+            // ClipFrames already contains independently decoded keys. The raw
+            // VBR block-boundary compatibility path substitutes the next key,
+            // which skips then holds a frame when applied to this flat cache.
+            let mut sample = sample_key(sqt(first), sqt(second), selection);
             sample.translation[3] = f32::from_bits(clip.channel_weights[bone]);
             sample
         })
@@ -178,7 +181,7 @@ fn sample_bone(clip: &ClipFrames, time: f32, bone: usize) -> Result<Sqt, String>
         true,
         0.0,
     )?;
-    let mut sample = sample_key_vbr(
+    let mut sample = sample_key(
         sqt(clip.frames[selection.first][bone]),
         sqt(clip.frames[selection.second][bone]),
         selection,
diff --git a/crates/skate-game/src/tests/animation_pose.rs b/crates/skate-game/src/tests/animation_pose.rs
index f615a528..8a75c850 100644
--- a/crates/skate-game/src/tests/animation_pose.rs
+++ b/crates/skate-game/src/tests/animation_pose.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,55 @@
 use super::*;
 
+#[test]
+fn decoded_clip_interpolates_across_compression_boundaries() {
+    // Uniform motion makes a skipped key or a held pose unambiguous. Exercise
+    // both full-pose sampling and the trajectory's previous-frame sampler.
+    for fps in [30.0_f32, 60.0] {
+        let clip = ClipFrames {
+            name: "BOUNDARY_RAMP".into(),
+            source_offset: 0,
+            fps_bits: fps.to_bits(),
+            loop_translation_bits: [0; 3],
+            loop_rotation_bits: [0, 0, 0, 1.0_f32.to_bits()],
+            channel_animation: true,
+            channel_weights: vec![0.25_f32.to_bits()],
+            frames: (0..=17)
+                .map(|frame| {
+                    let half_angle = frame as f32 * 0.02;
+                    vec![
+                        [
+                            1.0,
+                            1.0,
+                            1.0,
+                            0.0,
+                            0.0,
+                            half_angle.sin(),
+                            half_angle.cos(),
+                            frame as f32,
+                            0.0,
+                            0.0,
+                        ]
+                        .map(f32::to_bits),
+                    ]
+                })
+                .collect(),
+        };
+        for quarter in 0..=68 {
+            let frame = quarter as f32 * 0.25;
+            let time = frame / fps;
+            let pose = sample_clip(&clip, time).unwrap()[0];
+            assert_eq!(pose, sample_bone(&clip, time, 0).unwrap());
+            assert!(
+                (pose.translation[0] - frame).abs() < 0.0001,
+                "{fps} fps, frame {frame}: skipped/held decoded key: {pose:?}"
+            );
+            let angle = 2.0 * pose.rotation[2].atan2(pose.rotation[3]);
+            assert!((angle - frame * 0.04).abs() < 0.0001);
+            assert_eq!(pose.translation[3], 0.25);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[test]
 #[ignore = "requires the user's decoded stock animation assets"]
 fn stock_pose_commands_sample_complete_bones_and_preserve_tree_order() {