diff --git a/docs/PROJECT-STRUCTURE.md b/docs/PROJECT-STRUCTURE.md
index fbd4b23..cb91103 100644
--- a/docs/PROJECT-STRUCTURE.md
+++ b/docs/PROJECT-STRUCTURE.md
@@ -167,8 +167,11 @@ timed-deadline waiting, frame yield, and scene reset. `engine/Age.Engine/Hosting
 SFX, fade, volume, and route-control contracts, including the compatibility overload/default chains used by
 simple hosts. `engine/Age.Engine/Hosting/IMovieHost.cs` owns ordinary, positioned, mask-transition, activity-query,
 and modal movie playback contracts. `IHost` inherits all four focused contracts; their required and default
-behavior is unchanged. The neutral `engine/Age.Engine/Model/MovieMaskTransitionRequest.cs` record carries movie
-mask work between the VM, host, and retained graphics without making `Model` depend on `Hosting`.
+behavior is unchanged. `engine/Age.Engine/Hosting/IGraphicsHost.cs` owns mutable surfaces, retained-range/frame
+presentation, transitions, texture lifecycle, pixel capture/replace, draw, and size contracts; `IHost` also
+inherits this focused surface without changing existing hosts. The neutral
+`engine/Age.Engine/Model/MovieMaskTransitionRequest.cs` record carries movie mask work between the VM, host, and
+retained graphics without making `Model` depend on `Hosting`.
 `engine/Age.Engine/Model/RgbaImage.cs` owns the format-independent packed RGBA image transported between SYS4
 decoders, host surfaces, renderers, persistence, and tests; consumers do not depend on `Sys4` merely to exchange
 decoded pixels.
diff --git a/docs/remake-architecture-and-roadmap.md b/docs/remake-architecture-and-roadmap.md
index 979be4e..f041321 100644
--- a/docs/remake-architecture-and-roadmap.md
+++ b/docs/remake-architecture-and-roadmap.md
@@ -786,6 +786,13 @@ do not mix mechanical moves with semantic changes.
    the neutral image contract; image-only format imports were removed while genuine SYS4 consumers retained
    theirs. Decoder and image behavior remain unchanged, and runtime validation remains green.
 
+   The sixth bounded contract slice introduced `IGraphicsHost` for mutable surface fill/copy, retained-range and
+   frame presentation, transition waits/fades, texture lifecycle, pixel capture/replace, drawing, and size
+   queries. `IHost` inherits the focused contract; all seventeen members, required implementations, default
+   fallbacks, and existing host classes remain behaviorally unchanged. Surface request records and the fade
+   direction remain in their prior locations pending a separate transport cleanup. Runtime validation remains
+   green.
+
 4. **Make the build graph express source ownership.** Stop linking production `.cs` files from `godot/` and
    `tools/movie-corpus-gate/` into `Age.Engine.Tests`. Extract the platform-neutral frontend/movie/diagnostic
    code into a small production project referenced by Godot, tests, and the corpus gate. Retain both existing
@@ -1146,8 +1153,8 @@ layer's rendering diverges from ADV; save layout.
 ## 8. Immediate next step
 Continue step 3 of the **codebase consolidation** maintenance slice: clarify runtime contracts without changing
 behavior or the aggregate host accepted by the VM. With diagnostic, lifecycle, audio, and movie contracts
-established beneath `IHost` and shared movie/image transport now neutral, introduce the graphics host contract
-next. Preserve its surface, retained-range presentation, transition, texture, capture/replace, and headless-default
-behavior while leaving the remaining surface request records in place for a separate transport cleanup.
+established beneath `IHost`, shared movie/image transport neutral, and the graphics contract now separated, move
+the unchanged `SurfaceRectFill`, `SurfaceRectCopy`, and `SurfaceBlackFadeDirection` contracts from `Hosting` to
+`Model` next. Preserve all consumers and graphics behavior before separating the remaining ADV/input domains.
 Concrete playthrough blockers may still preempt this bounded maintenance work; the consolidation effort does
 not replace Phase B gameplay validation or the open cross-platform gates.
diff --git a/engine/Age.Engine/Hosting/IGraphicsHost.cs b/engine/Age.Engine/Hosting/IGraphicsHost.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3edc8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/Age.Engine/Hosting/IGraphicsHost.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+using Age.Engine.Model;
+
+namespace Age.Engine.Hosting;
+
+public interface IGraphicsHost
+{
+    void FillSurfaceRect(SurfaceRectFill fill) { }
+    void CopySurfaceRect(SurfaceRectCopy copy) { }
+    void PresentObjectRange(GfxState gfx, long firstHandle, long count) { }
+
+    // Normal playback reaches op 0x21c and parks until a queued 0x223 transition completes. The
+    // read/message-skip branch reaches op 0x20c and presents the completed endpoint immediately.
+    void WaitForForegroundTransition(GfxState gfx) { }
+    void PresentFrame(GfxState gfx) { }
+
+    // Legacy SYS4 screen-transition family (ops 0x21, 0x22, and 0x25): scripts render complete
+    // frames into numbered surfaces, then block while the engine alpha-composites an endpoint.
+    // Native bypasses the timed service when ADV fast-forward is already active at opcode dispatch.
+    void FadeSurfaceWithBlack(
+        GfxState gfx, int surface, long intervalArgument, SurfaceBlackFadeDirection direction,
+        bool forceEndpoint = false) { }
+    void CrossfadeSurfaces(
+        GfxState gfx, int sourceSurface, int targetSurface, long intervalArgument,
+        bool forceEndpoint = false) { }
+
+    void CreateTexture(int slot, int width, int height);
+
+    /// <summary>Return a stable RGBA snapshot of one numbered surface, or null when unavailable.</summary>
+    RgbaImage? CaptureSurfacePixels(int slot) => null;
+
+    /// <summary>Replace one numbered surface from decoded RGBA pixels. False means unsupported.</summary>
+    bool ReplaceSurfacePixels(int slot, RgbaImage image) => false;
+
+    void SetTexture(long resourceId, int slot);
+    void SetTexture(long resourceId, int slot, long colorKey) => SetTexture(resourceId, slot);
+    void ReleaseSurface(int slot) { }
+
+    /// <summary>Clear the selected target's pixels; -1 denotes the main backbuffer.</summary>
+    void ClearRenderTarget(int surfaceSlot) { }
+
+    void ReleaseSurfaceRange(int firstSlot, int count)
+    {
+        for (int slot = firstSlot; slot < firstSlot + count; slot++) ReleaseSurface(slot);
+    }
+
+    void DrawTexture(int slot, int srcX, int srcY, int width, int height, int dstX, int dstY);
+    (int Width, int Height) GetTextureSize(int slot);
+}
diff --git a/engine/Age.Engine/Hosting/IHost.cs b/engine/Age.Engine/Hosting/IHost.cs
index 55f2fd1..5ebee13 100644
--- a/engine/Age.Engine/Hosting/IHost.cs
+++ b/engine/Age.Engine/Hosting/IHost.cs
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public enum SurfaceBlackFadeDirection
     ToBlack,
 }
 
-public interface IHost : IDiagnosticHost, ILifecycleHost, IAudioHost, IMovieHost
+public interface IHost : IDiagnosticHost, ILifecycleHost, IAudioHost, IMovieHost, IGraphicsHost
 {
     /// <summary>Present AGERc's modal full-width editor. Cancel preserves CurrentText.</summary>
     FullwidthTextEditResult EditFullwidthString(FullwidthTextEditRequest request)
@@ -84,9 +84,6 @@ public interface IHost : IDiagnosticHost, ILifecycleHost, IAudioHost, IMovieHost
     void EndTextHistoryPresentation(GfxState gfx) => EndTextHistoryPresentation();
     int MessageWindowAlphaSetting => 0;
     void SetMessageWindowAlphaSetting(int value) { }
-    void FillSurfaceRect(SurfaceRectFill fill) { }
-    void CopySurfaceRect(SurfaceRectCopy copy) { }
-    void PresentObjectRange(GfxState gfx, long firstHandle, long count) { }
     void ConfigureAdvWaitIndicator(AdvWaitIndicatorConfig config) { }
     // Op 0x212 supplies the ordinary retained handle used to publish the configured atlas cell.
     void BindAdvWaitIndicator(
@@ -134,33 +131,4 @@ public interface IHost : IDiagnosticHost, ILifecycleHost, IAudioHost, IMovieHost
     // Optional diagnostic override. Native ReadTextDB state is VM/profile-owned; interactive hosts
     // normally leave this false.
     bool IsAdvReadSkipActive => false;
-    // Normal playback reaches op 0x21c and parks until a queued 0x223 transition completes. The
-    // read/message-skip branch reaches op 0x20c and presents the completed endpoint immediately.
-    void WaitForForegroundTransition(GfxState gfx) { }
-    void PresentFrame(GfxState gfx) { }
-    // Legacy SYS4 screen-transition family (ops 0x21, 0x22, and 0x25): scripts render complete
-    // frames into numbered surfaces, then block while the engine alpha-composites an endpoint.
-    // Native bypasses the timed service when ADV fast-forward is already active at opcode dispatch.
-    void FadeSurfaceWithBlack(
-        GfxState gfx, int surface, long intervalArgument, SurfaceBlackFadeDirection direction,
-        bool forceEndpoint = false) { }
-    void CrossfadeSurfaces(
-        GfxState gfx, int sourceSurface, int targetSurface, long intervalArgument,
-        bool forceEndpoint = false) { }
-    void CreateTexture(int slot, int width, int height);
-    /// <summary>Return a stable RGBA snapshot of one numbered surface, or null when unavailable.</summary>
-    RgbaImage? CaptureSurfacePixels(int slot) => null;
-    /// <summary>Replace one numbered surface from decoded RGBA pixels. False means unsupported.</summary>
-    bool ReplaceSurfacePixels(int slot, RgbaImage image) => false;
-    void SetTexture(long resourceId, int slot);
-    void SetTexture(long resourceId, int slot, long colorKey) => SetTexture(resourceId, slot);
-    void ReleaseSurface(int slot) { }
-    /// <summary>Clear the selected target's pixels; -1 denotes the main backbuffer.</summary>
-    void ClearRenderTarget(int surfaceSlot) { }
-    void ReleaseSurfaceRange(int firstSlot, int count)
-    {
-        for (int slot = firstSlot; slot < firstSlot + count; slot++) ReleaseSurface(slot);
-    }
-    void DrawTexture(int slot, int srcX, int srcY, int width, int height, int dstX, int dstY);
-    (int Width, int Height) GetTextureSize(int slot);
 }