diff --git a/HellionChat/PayloadHandler.cs b/HellionChat/PayloadHandler.cs
index dfb1bba..aebf615 100644
--- a/HellionChat/PayloadHandler.cs
+++ b/HellionChat/PayloadHandler.cs
@@ -1,15 +1,66 @@
 using Dalamud.Bindings.ImGui;
 using Dalamud.Game.Text.SeStringHandling;
+using HellionChat.Themes;
+using HellionChat.Ui.Components;
+using HellionChat.Ui.Windows;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 
 namespace HellionChat;
 
-// TODO(E): full PayloadHandler implementation — click/hover routing, tooltip
-// positioning, party-finder and URI handling. This forward-stub exists only to
-// satisfy the DrawChunks/DrawChunk and ImGuiUtil.PostPayload signatures while
-// Sub-Task E is pending.
-public sealed class PayloadHandler
+internal sealed class PayloadHandler
 {
+    private const string PopupId = "hellionchat-context-popup";
+
+    private readonly ThemeRegistry _themes;
+    private readonly IpcManager _ipc;
+    private readonly GameFunctions.GameFunctions _functions;
+    private readonly InputBar _inputBar;
+    private readonly MainWindow _mainWindow;
+    private readonly ChunkRenderer _chunkRenderer;
+    private readonly ILogger<PayloadHandler> _logger;
+
+    public bool HandleTooltips;
+    public uint HoveredItem;
+    public uint HoverCounter;
+    public uint LastHoverCounter;
+
+#pragma warning disable CS0169 // used in DrawPopups (E2)
+    private (Chunk, Payload?)? _popup;
+#pragma warning restore CS0169
+
+    public PayloadHandler(
+        ThemeRegistry themes,
+        IpcManager ipc,
+        GameFunctions.GameFunctions functions,
+        InputBar inputBar,
+        MainWindow mainWindow,
+        ChunkRenderer chunkRenderer,
+        ILogger<PayloadHandler> logger
+    )
+    {
+        _themes = themes;
+        _ipc = ipc;
+        _functions = functions;
+        _inputBar = inputBar;
+        _mainWindow = mainWindow;
+        _chunkRenderer = chunkRenderer;
+        _logger = logger;
+    }
+
+    internal void Draw()
+    {
+        // TODO(E2): DrawPopups();
+
+        if (HandleTooltips && ++HoverCounter - LastHoverCounter > 1)
+        {
+            GameFunctions.GameFunctions.CloseItemTooltip();
+            HoveredItem = 0;
+            HoverCounter = LastHoverCounter = 0;
+            HandleTooltips = false;
+        }
+    }
+
     internal void Hover(Payload payload) { }
 
-    internal void Click(Chunk chunk, Payload? payload, ImGuiMouseButton button) { }
+    internal unsafe void Click(Chunk chunk, Payload? payload, ImGuiMouseButton button) { }
 }