diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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 [wiki/process/specs.md](wiki/process/specs.md); the dispatch board is
 [wiki/process/ROADMAP.md](wiki/process/ROADMAP.md).
 
-Current open work is legibility, not another hidden substrate: the next
-priority is the continuous witness/narration pass so a player can explain the
-last thirty seconds without reading the wiki. Machine work is still IN
-PROGRESS beyond its first playable slice (non-host mode production and
-people-as-carriers remain ahead; in-flight route blips landed 2026-07-09).
-B2/B3 systems
-like rollback, z-planes, markets, objectives, and overt containment are
-specified ahead, but not all live in the build yet. Under the corpus's
-no-dead-code rule, the earlier facility-defense prototype lives only in git
-history.
+Current work is turning the playable B1 slice into a coherent Act One.
+Continuous witness/narration is implemented and now serves as the legibility
+gate for every new player-facing system. Machine work remains IN PROGRESS:
+token consumption, network-speed progression, non-research production polish,
+and the WORK/THINK delegation grammar remain ahead. Compute/core completion
+and digital/real canvas polish are also open; the dark opening and
+people-as-carriers follow once machine work firms. B2/B3 systems are specified
+ahead but remain staged. Under the corpus's no-dead-code rule, the earlier
+facility-defense prototype lives only in git history.
 
 ## Run it
 
diff --git a/wiki/log/2026-07-10-readme-status.md b/wiki/log/2026-07-10-readme-status.md
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+# 2026-07-10 — README status correction
+
+```
+Type: log
+```
+
+## Intent
+
+The README still named continuous witness/narration as the next priority even
+though the narration spec is IMPLEMENTED and ROADMAP item #30 is complete.
+
+## Changed
+
+- Recast the current phase as turning the playable B1 slice into a coherent
+  Act One.
+- Named narration as the standing legibility gate rather than unfinished work.
+- Pointed the status summary at the active machine-work, compute/core, and
+  digital/real canvas slices, with the dark opening and people-as-carriers
+  following machine work.
+
+## Checks
+
+`./tools/check.sh --docs`.
diff --git a/wiki/log/DEVLOG.md b/wiki/log/DEVLOG.md
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 - Intent: Tick audit of the context-menu / machine-work slice found a stale "Material preview" bullet in `wiki/interface/bevy.md` claiming "the flat sensorium remains the default," contradicting both the code (`RenderMode::default()` has `material: true` since 2026-07-08) and the same p...
 - Log: [wiki/log/2026-07-10-tick-bevy-stale-preview.md](2026-07-10-tick-bevy-stale-preview.md)
 
+## 2026-07-10 - README status correction
+
+- Intent: The README still named continuous witness/narration as the next priority even though the narration spec is IMPLEMENTED and ROADMAP item #30 is complete.
+- Log: [wiki/log/2026-07-10-readme-status.md](2026-07-10-readme-status.md)
+
 ## 2026-07-10 - Generated DEVLOG and specs board (agent-scale slice C)
 
 - Intent: Stop parallel landings from hand-unioning `wiki/log/DEVLOG.md` and `wiki/process/specs.md`. Session logs and spec frontmatter are the sources; indexes are regenerated.