diff --git a/src/syndicate/patterns.nim b/src/syndicate/patterns.nim
index be7348a..4e0ad64 100644
--- a/src/syndicate/patterns.nim
+++ b/src/syndicate/patterns.nim
@@ -289,31 +289,40 @@ proc grabDictionary*(bindings: sink openArray[(string, Pattern)]): Pattern =
   for (key, val) in bindings.items:
     result.dcompound.dict.entries[key.toSymbol(Cap)] = val
 
-func depattern(comp: DCompound): Preserve[Cap]
+proc depattern(comp: DCompound; values: var seq[Value]; index: var int): Value {.gcsafe.}
 
-func depattern(pat: Pattern): Preserve[Cap] =
+proc depattern(pat: Pattern; values: var seq[Value]; index: var int): Value =
   case pat.orKind
-  of PatternKind.DDiscard, PatternKind.DBind:
+  of PatternKind.DDiscard:
     discard
+  of PatternKind.DBind:
+    if index < values.len:
+      result = move values[index]
+      inc index
   of PatternKind.DLit:
     result = pat.dlit.value.toPreserve(Cap)
   of PatternKind.DCompound:
-    result = depattern(pat.dcompound)
+    result = depattern(pat.dcompound, values, index)
 
-func depattern(comp: DCompound): Preserve[Cap] =
+proc depattern(comp: DCompound; values: var seq[Value]; index: var int): Value {.gcsafe.} =
   case comp.orKind
   of DCompoundKind.rec:
     result = initRecord(comp.rec.label, comp.rec.fields.len)
     for i, f in comp.rec.fields:
-      result[i] = depattern(f)
+      result[i] = depattern(f, values, index)
   of DCompoundKind.arr:
     result = initSequence(comp.arr.items.len, Cap)
     for i, e in comp.arr.items:
-      result[i] = depattern(e)
+      result[i] = depattern(e, values, index)
   of DCompoundKind.dict:
     result = initDictionary(Cap)
     for key, val in comp.dict.entries:
-      result[key] = depattern(val)
+      result[key] = depattern(val, values, index)
+
+proc depattern*(pat: Pattern; values: sink seq[Value]): Value =
+  ## Convert a `Pattern` to a `Value` while replacing binds with `values`.
+  var index: int
+  depattern(pat, values, index)
 
 type Literal*[T] = object
   ## A wrapper type to deserialize patterns to native values.
@@ -321,7 +330,7 @@ type Literal*[T] = object
 
 proc fromPreserveHook*[T, E](lit: var Literal[T]; pr: Preserve[E]): bool =
   var pat: Pattern
-  pat.fromPreserve(pr) and lit.value.fromPreserve(depattern pat)
+  pat.fromPreserve(pr) and lit.value.fromPreserve(depattern(pat, @[]))
 
 proc toPreserveHook*[T](lit: Literal[T]; E: typedesc): Preserve[E] =
   lit.value.grab.toPreserve(E)
diff --git a/syndicate.nimble b/syndicate.nimble
index a856304..d95594f 100644
--- a/syndicate.nimble
+++ b/syndicate.nimble
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Package
 
-version = "20231102"
+version = "20231107"
 author        = "Emery Hemingway"
 description   = "Syndicated actors for conversational concurrency"
 license       = "Unlicense"