diff --git a/JustDummies.UnitTests/AmbientSeedScopeTests.cs b/JustDummies.UnitTests/AmbientSeedScopeTests.cs
index da8b45a0..b06ad576 100644
--- a/JustDummies.UnitTests/AmbientSeedScopeTests.cs
+++ b/JustDummies.UnitTests/AmbientSeedScopeTests.cs
@@ -106,6 +106,68 @@ public void DisposingTwiceIsHarmless() {
         Check.ThatCode(() => scope.Dispose()).DoesNotThrow();
     }
 
+    [Fact(DisplayName = "Disposing an outer scope out of order leaves the still-open inner scope's seed pinned.")]
+    public void OutOfOrderDisposalKeepsTheInnerScopePinned() {
+        // Reference: what seed 2 yields as the sole, top-of-stack scope.
+        (int, string) reference;
+        using (Any.UseSeed(2)) { reference = Batch(); }
+
+        // Open two scopes, then dispose the OUTER first — the inner (seed 2) is still open, so the ambient
+        // context must still be pinned to seed 2. A blind restore-the-previous unpins it instead, leaving the
+        // still-open inner scope drawing from a fresh unseeded generator.
+        IDisposable outer = Any.UseSeed(1);
+        IDisposable inner = Any.UseSeed(2);
+        outer.Dispose();
+        (int, string) whileInnerStillOpen = Batch();
+        inner.Dispose();
+
+        Check.That(whileInnerStillOpen).IsEqualTo(reference);
+    }
+
+    [Fact(DisplayName = "Out-of-order disposal does not leak a pinned seed to what runs next.")]
+    public void OutOfOrderDisposalDoesNotLeakASeed() {
+        // Reference: seed 1's sequence, to prove it is NOT what a later, unseeded draw replays.
+        (int, string) seedOneSequence;
+        using (Any.UseSeed(1)) { seedOneSequence = Batch(); }
+
+        // Dispose the outer first, then the inner: a blind restore-the-previous now reinstates seed 1's frame,
+        // stranding it as the ambient context for whatever runs next.
+        IDisposable outer = Any.UseSeed(1);
+        IDisposable inner = Any.UseSeed(2);
+        outer.Dispose();
+        inner.Dispose();
+
+        // Both scopes are closed, so the ambient context must be unseeded again — not pinned to seed 1.
+        (int, string) afterAllDisposed = Batch();
+
+        Check.That(afterAllDisposed).IsNotEqualTo(seedOneSequence);
+    }
+
+    [Fact(DisplayName = "Disposing a middle scope out of order leaves the top scope and its live ancestors intact.")]
+    public void OutOfOrderMiddleDisposalPreservesTheStack() {
+        (int, string) seedThree;
+        using (Any.UseSeed(3)) { seedThree = Batch(); }
+        (int, string) seedOne;
+        using (Any.UseSeed(1)) { seedOne = Batch(); }
+
+        IDisposable bottom = Any.UseSeed(1);
+        IDisposable middle = Any.UseSeed(2);
+        IDisposable top    = Any.UseSeed(3);
+
+        // Dispose the middle scope early: the top (seed 3) is untouched and stays pinned.
+        middle.Dispose();
+        (int, string) topStillPinned = Batch();
+
+        // Now the top goes: it must skip the already-disposed middle and land on the bottom (seed 1).
+        top.Dispose();
+        (int, string) afterTopDisposed = Batch();
+
+        bottom.Dispose();
+
+        Check.That(topStillPinned).IsEqualTo(seedThree);
+        Check.That(afterTopDisposed).IsEqualTo(seedOne);
+    }
+
     [Fact(DisplayName = "The scope does not leak across parallel execution contexts.")]
     public async Task TheScopeDoesNotLeakAcrossExecutionContexts() {
         (int, string) inside;
diff --git a/JustDummies/RandomSource.cs b/JustDummies/RandomSource.cs
index 1ee8a308..17a83f42 100644
--- a/JustDummies/RandomSource.cs
+++ b/JustDummies/RandomSource.cs
@@ -133,10 +133,10 @@ internal static IDisposable UseSeed(int seed) {
     }
 
     internal static IDisposable UseSeed(int seed, string? replaySnippet) {
-        AmbientState? previous = State.Value;
-        State.Value = new AmbientState(new SeededRandom(seed), replaySnippet);
+        AmbientState frame = new(new SeededRandom(seed), replaySnippet, State.Value);
+        State.Value = frame;
 
-        return new SeedScope(previous);
+        return new SeedScope(frame);
     }
 
     #endregion
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ internal override SeededRandom Current {
         get {
             AmbientState? current = State.Value;
             if (current is null) {
-                current     = new AmbientState(new SeededRandom(NewSeed()), null);
+                current     = new AmbientState(new SeededRandom(NewSeed()), null, null);
                 State.Value = current;
             }
 
@@ -175,35 +175,62 @@ private static string ReplaySnippet(int seed) {
 
     #region Nested types
 
-    /// <summary>The ambient state a seed scope installs: the seeded generator, and how to replay the run that uses it.</summary>
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     One frame of the ambient seed stack a scope installs: the seeded generator, how to replay the run that uses
+    ///     it, and the frame it was pushed on top of. The frames form a linked stack (each points at its
+    ///     <see cref="Parent" />) so a scope disposed out of order can be removed without stranding the ones still open
+    ///     — see <see cref="SeedScope" />. <see cref="Disposed" /> tombstones a frame whose scope has closed but which is
+    ///     not yet the top of the stack, so the top's later disposal can skip past it.
+    /// </summary>
     private sealed class AmbientState {
 
-        internal AmbientState(SeededRandom random, string? replaySnippet) {
+        internal AmbientState(SeededRandom random, string? replaySnippet, AmbientState? parent) {
             if (random is null) { throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(random)); }
 
             Random        = random;
             ReplaySnippet = replaySnippet;
+            Parent        = parent;
         }
 
-        internal SeededRandom Random        { get; }
-        internal string?      ReplaySnippet { get; }
+        internal SeededRandom  Random        { get; }
+        internal string?       ReplaySnippet { get; }
+        internal AmbientState? Parent        { get; }
+        internal bool          Disposed      { get; set; }
 
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     The handle returned by <see cref="UseSeed(int, string?)" />. Disposal is <b>order-independent</b>: it
+    ///     tombstones its own frame, and only the frame that is currently the top of the stack rewrites the ambient
+    ///     slot — walking past any tombstoned ancestors to the nearest frame whose scope is still open (or to
+    ///     <c>null</c> when none is). So the documented "scopes nest, disposing restores whatever was pinned before"
+    ///     holds even when scopes are disposed out of order: an outer scope closed early strands nothing, and no order
+    ///     leaves a dead seed pinned for whatever runs next. Disposing twice is a no-op.
+    /// </summary>
     private sealed class SeedScope : IDisposable {
 
-        private readonly AmbientState? _previous;
-        private          bool          _disposed;
+        private readonly AmbientState _frame;
+        private          bool         _disposed;
 
-        internal SeedScope(AmbientState? previous) {
-            _previous = previous;
+        internal SeedScope(AmbientState frame) {
+            if (frame is null) { throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(frame)); }
+
+            _frame = frame;
         }
 
         public void Dispose() {
             if (_disposed) { return; }
 
-            _disposed   = true;
-            State.Value = _previous;
+            _disposed       = true;
+            _frame.Disposed = true;
+
+            // Only the current top owns the ambient slot; an out-of-order dispose of an inner frame just tombstones
+            // it and lets the top's own dispose skip it later.
+            if (ReferenceEquals(State.Value, _frame)) {
+                AmbientState? restored = _frame.Parent;
+                while (restored is { Disposed: true }) { restored = restored.Parent; }
+                State.Value = restored;
+            }
         }
 
     }