diff --git a/src/next/connect.js b/src/next/connect.js
index d035bdf..67b3762 100644
--- a/src/next/connect.js
+++ b/src/next/connect.js
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 import { Component, PropTypes, createElement } from 'react'
 import hoistStatics from 'hoist-non-react-statics'
 import invariant from 'invariant'
-import result from 'lodash/result';
+import toPath from 'lodash/toPath';
+import isFunction from 'lodash/isFunction';
+import isString from 'lodash/isString';
+import memoize from 'lodash/memoize';
 
 import { create } from './create'
 
@@ -12,11 +15,20 @@ const storeShape = PropTypes.shape({
   getState: PropTypes.func.isRequired
 });
 
-export function connect(namespace) {
+
+const connectNamespace = memoize(create);
+
+
+export function connect(namespace, reducer) {
+  invariant(isString(namespace) || isFunction(namespace),
+    `Expected "namespace" to be of type string or function`
+  );
+
   return function wrapWithComponent (WrappedComponent) {
     class Connect extends Component {
       constructor(props, context) {
-        super(props, context)
+        super(...arguments);
+
         this.store = props.store || context.store
 
         invariant(this.store,
@@ -24,27 +36,44 @@ export function connect(namespace) {
           `props of "${this.constructor.displayName}". `
         )
 
-        this.childProps = create(namespace, this.store)
+        this.namespace = this.getNamespace(props, this.store)
         this.state = {
-          namespace: result(this.store.getState(), `namespace.${namespace}`, {}),
-          version: 0
+          version: this.namespace.version()
         }
       }
 
+      getNamespace(props=this.props, store=this.store) {
+        return (
+          connectNamespace(
+            [ 'namespace',
+              ...toPath(
+                isFunction(namespace) ?
+                  namespace(state, props) : namespace) ],
+            store
+          )
+        )
+      }
+
       componentDidMount() {
-        this.unsubscribe = this.store.subscribe(this.handleChange.bind(this))
+        if (! this.unsubscribe) {
+          this.unsubscribe =
+            this.store.subscribe(this.handleChange.bind(this));
+          this.handleChange();
+        }
       }
 
       componentWillUnmount() {
-        this.unsubscribe()
-        this.unsubscribe = null
+        if (this.unsubscribe) {
+          // comma operator, because why not?
+          this.unsubscribe = this.unsubscribe(), null;
+        }
       }
 
       componentWillUpdate(nextProps, nextState) {
         if (nextState.version !== this.state.version) {
-          this.childProps = {
-            ...this.childProps,
-            version: nextState.version
+          this.namespace = {
+            ...this.getNamespace(nextProps),
+            _version: nextState.version
           }
         }
       }
@@ -54,19 +83,17 @@ export function connect(namespace) {
           return
         }
 
-        const prev = this.state.namespace
-        const next = result(this.store.getState(), `namespace.${namespace}`, prev)
+        const prev = this.state.version
+        const next = this.namespace.version();
+
 
         if (prev !== next) {
-          this.setState({
-            namespace: next,
-            version: this.state.version + 1
-          })
+          this.setState({ version: next })
         }
       }
 
       render() {
-        return createElement(WrappedComponent, { ...this.props, [namespace]: this.childProps })
+        return createElement(WrappedComponent, { ...this.props, [namespace]: this.namespace })
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/next/create.js b/src/next/create.js
index 6604dec..27e4f7e 100644
--- a/src/next/create.js
+++ b/src/next/create.js
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
+import flow from 'lodash/flow';
+import get from 'lodash/get';
 import isFunction from 'lodash/isFunction';
+import isNil from 'lodash/isNil';
+import isObject from 'lodash/isObject';
 import isString from 'lodash/isString';
-import result from 'lodash/result';
-import flow from 'lodash/flow';
-import property from 'lodash/property';
 import mapValues from 'lodash/mapValues';
+import property from 'lodash/property';
+import result from 'lodash/result';
+import toPath from 'lodash/toPath';
+
+import invariant from 'invariant';
 
 import { BIND } from './reducer';
 
@@ -23,8 +29,12 @@ export function assign(namespace, key, value) {
 
 export function create(namespace, store) {
   const { dispatch, getState } = store;
+
+  const selectNamespace =
+    property(['namespace', ...toPath(namespace)])
+
   const getNamespace =
-    flow(getState, property(['namespace', namespace]));
+    flow(getState, selectNamespace);
 
   function selector(key, __) {
     return arguments.length > 0 ?
@@ -38,6 +48,7 @@ export function create(namespace, store) {
       // curry assign with target
         isString(target) ?
           dispatcher.bind(this, target)
+      // TODO interpret array as property.path
       // map target ({key: value}) => assign
       : mapValues(target, (value, key) => dispatcher(key, value))
     // deferred selector
@@ -51,7 +62,7 @@ export function create(namespace, store) {
     )
   }
 
-  return {
+  const ns = {
     assign: dispatcher,
     assigns(key, selector) {
       return dispatcher(key, (value, ...args) =>
@@ -60,13 +71,31 @@ export function create(namespace, store) {
         : value
       )
     },
+    cursor(path, defaultValue={}) {
+      let nspath = toPath([toPath(namespace), toPath(path)])
+      let cursor = create(nspath, store);
+
+      return cursor;
+    },
     dispatch,
     select: selector,
     selects() {
       return selector.bind(null, ...arguments);
     },
     touched(key) {
-      return selector(['@@touched'].concat(key), false);
+      return selector(['@@touched', ...toPath(key)], false);
+    },
+    reset(key) {
+      dispatcher(key, null);
+      dispatcher(['@@touched', ...toPath(key)], null);
+    },
+    resets(key) {
+      return ns.reset.bind(ns, key);
+    },
+    version() {
+      return selector('@@version', 0)
     }
   }
+
+  return ns;
 }
diff --git a/src/next/reducer.js b/src/next/reducer.js
index e466ac9..fe6cc31 100644
--- a/src/next/reducer.js
+++ b/src/next/reducer.js
@@ -1,19 +1,51 @@
-import result from 'lodash/result';
+import concat from 'lodash/concat';
+import get from 'lodash/get';
+import merge from 'lodash/merge';
+import set from 'lodash/set';
+import toPath from 'lodash/toPath';
+import clone from 'lodash/clone';
 
 
 export const BIND = 'BIND_NAMESPACE_NEXT';
 
+
 export function namespaceReducer (state={}, action={}) {
+
   if (action.type === BIND) {
     let { payload: { namespace, key, value } } = action
 
-    let prev = result(state, namespace, {});
-    let touched = result(prev, '@@touched', {});
-    let next = {
-      ...prev, [key]: value, ['@@touched']: { ...touched, [key]: true } };
+    namespace = toPath(namespace);
+    key = toPath(key);
+
+    let changedPath = concat(namespace, key);
+    let touchedPath = concat(namespace, '@@touched', key);
+    let versionPath = concat(namespace, '@@version');
+
+    if (value !== get(state, changedPath)) {
+      let version = get(state, versionPath, 0) + 1;
+      let fragment = set({}, namespace, get(state, namespace));
+
+      clonePath(fragment, changedPath);
+      clonePath(fragment, touchedPath);
+
+      set(fragment, versionPath, version);
+      set(fragment, changedPath, value);
+      set(fragment, touchedPath, true);
 
-    state = { ...state, [namespace]: next };
+      state = merge(clone(state), fragment)
+    }
   }
 
+
   return state;
 }
+
+
+function clonePath (target, path) {
+  path.forEach((key, idx, col) => {
+    key = col.slice(0, idx);
+    set(target, key, clone(get(target, key)))
+  })
+
+  return target;
+}