diff --git a/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/MagmaSession.cpp b/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/MagmaSession.cpp
index 7f22897f..449700f9 100644
--- a/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/MagmaSession.cpp
+++ b/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/MagmaSession.cpp
@@ -26,11 +26,9 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
 
         std::atomic<Uint64> g_nextSessionId{1};
 
-        thread_local MagmaSession* t_boundSession = nullptr;
-
         // Leak-at-exit, like the renderer it holds (GlobalObjects.cpp): nothing may tear the
         // monolith's renderer down from a static destructor after the driver is gone.
-        MagmaSession& ProcessSession() {
+        MagmaSession& ProcessSessionInstance() {
             static auto* session = new MagmaSession();
             return *session;
         }
@@ -42,12 +40,9 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         return static_cast<Uint32>(registry.size() - 1);
     }
 
-    MagmaSession& Detail::CurrentMagmaSession() {
-        MagmaSession* bound = t_boundSession;
-        return bound != nullptr ? *bound : ProcessSession();
-    }
+    MagmaSession& Detail::ProcessMagmaSession() { return ProcessSessionInstance(); }
 
-    void* Detail::SessionLocalSlot(MagmaSession& session, Uint32 index) {
+    void* Detail::SessionLocalSlotSlow(MagmaSession& session, Uint32 index) {
         if (index >= session.m_slots.size()) session.m_slots.resize(Registry().size(), nullptr);
         void*& slot = session.m_slots[index];
         if (slot == nullptr) slot = Registry()[index].construct();
@@ -63,25 +58,25 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
     }
 
     MagmaSession::~MagmaSession() {
-        MagmaSession* const previous = t_boundSession;
-        t_boundSession = this;
+        MagmaSession* const previous = Detail::t_boundMagmaSession;
+        Detail::t_boundMagmaSession = this;
         const auto& registry = Registry();
         for (SizeT i = m_slots.size(); i-- > 0;) {
             if (m_slots[i] != nullptr) registry[i].destroy(m_slots[i]);
             m_slots[i] = nullptr;
         }
         // Never back to this session: it is gone.
-        t_boundSession = previous == this ? nullptr : previous;
+        Detail::t_boundMagmaSession = previous == this ? nullptr : previous;
     }
 
-    MagmaSessionScope::MagmaSessionScope(MagmaSession* session) : m_previous(t_boundSession) {
-        t_boundSession = session;
+    MagmaSessionScope::MagmaSessionScope(MagmaSession* session) : m_previous(Detail::t_boundMagmaSession) {
+        Detail::t_boundMagmaSession = session;
     }
 
-    MagmaSessionScope::~MagmaSessionScope() { t_boundSession = m_previous; }
+    MagmaSessionScope::~MagmaSessionScope() { Detail::t_boundMagmaSession = m_previous; }
 
-    void BindMagmaSessionToThisThread(MagmaSession* session) { t_boundSession = session; }
+    void BindMagmaSessionToThisThread(MagmaSession* session) { Detail::t_boundMagmaSession = session; }
 
-    MagmaSession* BoundMagmaSession() { return t_boundSession; }
+    MagmaSession* BoundMagmaSession() { return Detail::t_boundMagmaSession; }
 
 } // namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan
diff --git a/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/MagmaSession.h b/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/MagmaSession.h
index bea6597f..cbf63ff0 100644
--- a/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/MagmaSession.h
+++ b/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/MagmaSession.h
@@ -34,9 +34,19 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         using SessionLocalDestroy = void (*)(void*);
         // Registers one SessionLocal<T> and returns its slot. Called from static initialization.
         Uint32 RegisterSessionLocal(SessionLocalConstruct construct, SessionLocalDestroy destroy);
+        // The calling thread's bound session (MagmaSessionScope, BindMagmaSessionToThisThread), null
+        // when it has none. P15: visible here, and constant-initialized, so the read inlines into
+        // every SessionLocal access and one function's accesses can share a single TLS address
+        // computation instead of paying one out-of-line call each.
+        inline constinit thread_local MagmaSession* t_boundMagmaSession = nullptr;
+        MagmaSession& ProcessMagmaSession();
         // The calling thread's session, or the process-wide default.
-        MagmaSession& CurrentMagmaSession();
-        void* SessionLocalSlot(MagmaSession& session, Uint32 index);
+        inline MagmaSession& CurrentMagmaSession() {
+            MagmaSession* const bound = t_boundMagmaSession;
+            return bound != nullptr ? *bound : ProcessMagmaSession();
+        }
+        inline void* SessionLocalSlot(MagmaSession& session, Uint32 index);
+        void* SessionLocalSlotSlow(MagmaSession& session, Uint32 index);
     } // namespace Detail
 
     // One served session's copy of every SessionLocal. Slots are built lazily on first use and
@@ -55,12 +65,21 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
 
     private:
         friend void* Detail::SessionLocalSlot(MagmaSession& session, Uint32 index);
+        friend void* Detail::SessionLocalSlotSlow(MagmaSession& session, Uint32 index);
         Vector<void*> m_slots;
         Uint64 m_id = 0;
     };
 
     // Makes `session` the calling thread's Magma session for the scope's lifetime, restoring the
     // previous binding (usually none) afterwards.
+    // A built slot is returned in line; a missing one is built out of line.
+    inline void* Detail::SessionLocalSlot(MagmaSession& session, Uint32 index) {
+        if (index < session.m_slots.size()) {
+            if (void* const slot = session.m_slots[index]) return slot;
+        }
+        return SessionLocalSlotSlow(session, index);
+    }
+
     class MagmaSessionScope {
     public:
         explicit MagmaSessionScope(MagmaSession* session);