Close every top modal through one Esc and right-click path

- Add Help, Settings, Pause and review to the top-modal close chain so right-click and Esc behave consistently.
- Restore the venue menu after menu Settings and prevent Help from opening Pause behind itself.
- Reopen pause after in-shift Settings apply and recapture the mouse/unfreeze state on close.
- Extend the session smoke for menu Settings, right-click Help and guard unfreeze.

docs/ui-copy.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # UI copy and button inventory
 
-Status: dialogue, button-state and keyboard/gamepad focus passes complete; layout/end-to-end audit in progress for 0.9.3.
+Status: dialogue, button-state, focus and modal-close passes complete; layout/end-to-end audit in progress for 0.9.3.
 
 ## Screen inventory
 
@@ -128,6 +128,30 @@ events.
 | Radio | Send action. | B/Esc cancels; form fields, action and Cancel are linked; A confirms the focused action. |
 | Tutorial | None; F1 is the documented skip shortcut. | Keyboard-only by design, no focus trap because the card is mouse-transparent and non-modal. |
 
+## Modal close and pointer recapture
+
+`GameManager._close_top_modal()` is now the single close path for the top
+interactive layer. It handles the radial, inspection, wand, radio, timeline,
+Help, Settings, Pause and review before Esc/right-click falls back to target
+clearing or pause. `_refresh_freeze()` recaptures the mouse when the shift
+resumes; `_show_start_menu()` keeps the pointer visible at the menu.
+
+| Surface | Close routes | Result |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| Pause | Resume, Esc, right-click | Closes via one path; guard unfreezes and mouse recaptures. |
+| Settings | Apply settings, Cancel, Esc, right-click | From the venue menu, both apply and cancel restore the menu. From a shift, cancel returns to the game with the guard unfrozen; apply returns to pause. |
+| Help | Close, Esc, right-click | Closes only Help; it no longer opens Pause behind the overlay. Returns to whatever was underneath. |
+| Shift review | Return to menu, Esc, right-click | Returns to the venue menu with the pointer visible. |
+| Timeline | Close, Esc, right-click | Returns to the review and keeps the pointer visible. |
+| Radio | Cancel, Esc, right-click | Closes the form, clears the action hint and recaptures the mouse. |
+| Inspection / wand | Esc, right-click | Closes the panel, unfreezes the guard and recaptures the mouse. |
+| Action wheel | Esc, right-click | Cancels without a log entry and recaptures the mouse. |
+| Start menu | Esc quits the application | Root menu; right-click is intentionally inert. |
+| Tutorial | F1 skip | Non-modal card; never blocks the pointer or movement. |
+
+The session smoke now covers menu → Settings → Cancel → menu, Help closing on
+right-click, and Settings cancel from pause leaving the guard unfrozen.
+
 ## Remaining audit work
 
 - Player-facing labels are now routed through `content/strings.en.json`; numeric