diff --git a/src/as/com/threerings/stage/client/CharacterIsoSprite.as b/src/as/com/threerings/stage/client/CharacterIsoSprite.as
index ef966e20..42e53401 100644
--- a/src/as/com/threerings/stage/client/CharacterIsoSprite.as
+++ b/src/as/com/threerings/stage/client/CharacterIsoSprite.as
@@ -138,7 +138,17 @@ public class CharacterIsoSprite extends IsoSprite
     public function pathCompleted (timestamp :int) :void
     {
         _character.pathCompleted(timestamp);
+        var opath :Path = _path;
         _path = null;
+
+        for each (var listener :Function in _pathCompleteListeners) {
+            listener(this, opath, timestamp);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function addPathCompleteListener (listener :Function) :void
+    {
+        _pathCompleteListeners.push(listener);
     }
 
     public function move (path :Path) :void
@@ -173,5 +183,8 @@ public class CharacterIsoSprite extends IsoSprite
 
     /** The time we started moving on our path. */
     protected var _pathStamp :int;
+
+    /** Anyone who cares when our path finishes. */
+    protected var _pathCompleteListeners :Array = [];
 }
 }
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diff --git a/src/as/com/threerings/stage/client/CrowdStageScenePanel.as b/src/as/com/threerings/stage/client/CrowdStageScenePanel.as
index 70e01a90..92412ae7 100644
--- a/src/as/com/threerings/stage/client/CrowdStageScenePanel.as
+++ b/src/as/com/threerings/stage/client/CrowdStageScenePanel.as
@@ -490,6 +490,7 @@ public class CrowdStageScenePanel extends StageScenePanel
 
         _objScene.addChild(sprite);
         _sprites.put(info.getBodyOid(), sprite);
+        sprite.addPathCompleteListener(pathCompleted);
 
         if (sprite.getBodyOid() == myOid()) {
             _selfSprite = sprite;
@@ -655,6 +656,7 @@ public class CrowdStageScenePanel extends StageScenePanel
         } finally {
             // keep track of the last time we came to rest
             if (sprite == _selfSprite) {
+                centerView();
                 _centerStamp = tickStamp;
             }
         }
@@ -712,6 +714,11 @@ public class CrowdStageScenePanel extends StageScenePanel
         }
     }
 
+    protected function pathCompleted (sprite :CharacterIsoSprite, path :Path, when :int) :void
+    {
+        handleSpriteArrived(sprite, when);
+    }
+
     protected var _occupantListener :SetListener = new SetAdapter(null, occupantEntryUpdated, null);
 
     protected var _cCtx :CrowdContext;