diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 1.2.0.1 - 2026-10-01
+
+- Simplify README and guide wording; replace machine-specific example paths
+  with paths relative to the checkout.
+- No library or API changes from 1.2.0.0.
+
 This is release chronology, not current interface authority. The package
 [README](./README.md), Cabal manifest, and linked focused guides own the live
 surface.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@
 curves as the source of truth; neither SVG strings nor triangulation vertices
 are the editing interface.
 
-This is a strong foundation, not a finished illustration language. The
+The illustration API is incomplete. The
 [curve-authoring status](docs/curve-authoring-status.md) records what the
 measured and certified layer provides, its capability boundary, and the missing
 offset, intersection, relational, repetition, and diagnostic algebras required
@@ -412,12 +412,11 @@
   motif = leaf 8 positiveTwo
 ```
 
-For an agent, the workflow is: name parts and attachment frames; choose a
-profile or interpolating contour; express its widths and landmarks as equations
-of a small control record; reuse the value with `place` and `foldMap`; paint in
-explicit back-to-front order. Inspect the fixed-camera render and diagnostics
-after editing a meaningful control. Do not replace the profile with a traced
-list of cubic handles merely to match one rendered sample.
+To build an illustration, name its parts and attachment frames, choose a
+profile or interpolating contour, and express its widths and landmarks as
+functions of a control record. Reuse the value with `place` and `foldMap`,
+painting in explicit back-to-front order. A fixed camera and diagnostic render
+help compare the effect of each control change.
 
 `Moonlight.Planar.Illustration.Svg` publishes with
 `renderSvg :: (part -> String) -> SvgOptions -> Picture part -> Either SvgError String`.
@@ -503,10 +502,8 @@
 recessed energy channel, repeated typed inscriptions and a single affine pose.
 `defaultSpaceSwordControls` and `overchargedSpaceSwordControls` change the blade
 system without perturbing the crossguard, grip, counterweight or star field.
-It is source-authored mathematics, not traced output wearing a lab coat.
-Both illustration authors use the reusable authoring operations rather than
-constructing Bezier control handles. Low-level curve construction remains
-available for algorithms that actually need it.
+These examples use the reusable authoring operations rather than constructing
+Bezier control handles directly. Low-level curve construction is also available.
 
 From the repository root, render the fixed-camera baseline, combined edited
 variant, and diagnostics using the isolated build directory:
@@ -515,7 +512,7 @@
 scripts/safe-cabal.sh run moonlight-planar:exe:moonlight-planar-illustration-study \
   --project-file=cabal.project.planar-dev \
   --builddir=dist-newstyle-planar-illustration --enable-benchmarks -j1 -- \
-  /Volumes/Sirius/work/pm-artifacts/planar-illustration-20260911/attachments-layout-20260912/candidate
+  "$PWD/.artifacts/planar-illustration"
 ```
 
 The output directory must be absolute. Knight outputs are `knight-crescent.svg`,
diff --git a/docs/category-observatory/README.md b/docs/category-observatory/README.md
--- a/docs/category-observatory/README.md
+++ b/docs/category-observatory/README.md
@@ -140,6 +140,5 @@
 | `.Identifier` | the single identifier/label interpretation shared by all projections |
 | `.Picture` | compact pure SVG projection of the admitted exhibit |
 
-The split is semantic rather than ceremonial: no wrapper modules, no duplicate
-projection types, no hand-maintained duplicate mesh coordinates, and no mutable
-orchestration wearing an expensive hat.
+Each module implements a distinct projection, sharing the model types,
+identifiers, and mesh coordinates.
diff --git a/docs/curve-authoring-status.md b/docs/curve-authoring-status.md
--- a/docs/curve-authoring-status.md
+++ b/docs/curve-authoring-status.md
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 # Curve authoring: present boundary and missing algebra
 
-Moonlight Planar has a credible curve core and, since 1.2.0.0, a measured and
-certified layer over it. It does **not** yet have a mature
-illustration-authoring system. The distinction matters: eliminating hand-traced
-Bezier handles and measuring curves honestly is a useful foundation, not
-evidence that an agent can reliably author a complete illustration.
+Moonlight Planar provides exact curves and, since 1.2.0.0, certified measurement
+operations. It does **not** yet provide a complete illustration-authoring API.
+The supported operations and remaining limitations are listed below.
 
 ## What exists now
 
@@ -84,7 +82,7 @@
 - Exact curve Booleans need an algebraic-number representation for
   intersection points. That is a separate design decision, not a small
   extension of `ExactPoint`.
-- A relation solver, if one is ever earned, must distinguish inconsistent,
+- A relation solver would need to distinguish inconsistent,
   underdetermined, ambiguous, and budget-exhausted outcomes, and satisfy
   declared residual bounds.
 
@@ -101,7 +99,7 @@
 3. curve noding and arrangement receipts over an explicit algebraic
    representation, connecting curve topology to the existing exact region
    owner beyond the simple-region domain;
-4. offset and stroke-outline construction with honest error and topology
+4. offset and stroke-outline construction with explicit error and topology
    witnesses;
 5. a pure relational authoring language whose solver either returns a checked
    construction or a typed refusal.
@@ -115,7 +113,7 @@
 Curve authoring is not illustration-ready merely because an example can be
 rendered. A credible readiness claim requires all of the following:
 
-- an agent can place and repeat motifs by geometric relations rather than copied
+- authors can place and repeat motifs by geometric relations rather than copied
   coordinates;
 - edits preserve declared attachment, continuity, spacing, and topology laws;
 - unavoidable approximations carry bounds and refuse exhausted budgets;
diff --git a/docs/delaunay-compare/README.md b/docs/delaunay-compare/README.md
--- a/docs/delaunay-compare/README.md
+++ b/docs/delaunay-compare/README.md
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
 
 ## Harness difference
 
-Upstream uses Rust Criterion. This port uses Haskell `tasty-bench`, so it does
-not pretend Criterion's warm-up seconds or sample-count knobs map one-to-one to
-another calibrator. The inputs, sizes, implementation calls, and timed/setup
-boundary are preserved; calibration and reporting are honestly Haskell.
+Upstream uses Rust Criterion. This port uses Haskell `tasty-bench`, whose
+calibration settings do not map one-to-one to Criterion's warm-up duration or
+sample count. The inputs, sizes, implementation calls, and timed/setup boundary
+are preserved; calibration and reporting use `tasty-bench`.
diff --git a/docs/knight-rig/README.md b/docs/knight-rig/README.md
--- a/docs/knight-rig/README.md
+++ b/docs/knight-rig/README.md
@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@
 ```sh
 scripts/safe-cabal.sh run moonlight-planar:exe:moonlight-planar-knight-rig \
   --project-file=cabal.project.planar-dev \
-  --builddir=/Volumes/Sirius/work/pm-artifacts/planar-collapse-20260907/build \
-  --offline -j6 -- /Volumes/Sirius/work/pm-artifacts/knight-rig-20260907/knight.obj
+  --builddir=dist-newstyle-planar-dev \
+  --offline -j6 -- "$PWD/.artifacts/knight-rig/knight.obj"
 blender --background --factory-startup --python-exit-code 1 \
   --python compiler/foundation/moonlight-planar/docs/knight-rig/rig.py -- \
-  /Volumes/Sirius/work/pm-artifacts/knight-rig-20260907/knight.obj \
-  /Volumes/Sirius/work/pm-artifacts/knight-rig-20260907
+  "$PWD/.artifacts/knight-rig/knight.obj" \
+  "$PWD/.artifacts/knight-rig"
 python3 compiler/foundation/moonlight-planar/docs/knight-rig/package.py \
-  /Volumes/Sirius/work/pm-artifacts/knight-rig-20260907
+  "$PWD/.artifacts/knight-rig"
 ```
 
 The interpreter targets Blender 5.1.1; preview packaging uses Pillow with WebP
diff --git a/docs/moonblade/README.md b/docs/moonblade/README.md
--- a/docs/moonblade/README.md
+++ b/docs/moonblade/README.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   --project-file=cabal.project.planar-dev --builddir=dist-newstyle-planar-dev --offline -j6
 scripts/safe-cabal.sh run moonlight-planar:exe:moonlight-planar-moonblade \
   --project-file=cabal.project.planar-dev --builddir=dist-newstyle-planar-dev --offline -j6 -- \
-  /Users/bluerose/Developer/pale-meridian/compiler/foundation/moonlight-planar/docs/moonblade/moonblade.svg
+  "$PWD/compiler/foundation/moonlight-planar/docs/moonblade/moonblade.svg"
 ```
 
 Edit the source and regenerate; do not hand-edit the derived SVG.
diff --git a/docs/noctilucent-garden/README.md b/docs/noctilucent-garden/README.md
--- a/docs/noctilucent-garden/README.md
+++ b/docs/noctilucent-garden/README.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   --project-file=cabal.project.planar-dev --builddir=dist-newstyle-planar-dev --offline -j6
 scripts/safe-cabal.sh run moonlight-planar:exe:moonlight-planar-noctilucent-garden \
   --project-file=cabal.project.planar-dev --builddir=dist-newstyle-planar-dev --offline -j6 -- \
-  /Users/bluerose/Developer/pale-meridian/compiler/foundation/moonlight-planar/docs/noctilucent-garden/noctilucent-garden.svg
+  "$PWD/compiler/foundation/moonlight-planar/docs/noctilucent-garden/noctilucent-garden.svg"
 ```
 
 The SVG is generated by this source; edit the source and rerun, not the output.
diff --git a/ffi/bindings/typescript/README.md b/ffi/bindings/typescript/README.md
--- a/ffi/bindings/typescript/README.md
+++ b/ffi/bindings/typescript/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 lifetime and error terms; the generated raw declarations descend from the same
 Haskell contract as the C header, Python declarations, and Rust declarations.
 
-This source package does not pretend to contain a native binary. Supply an
+This source package does not include a native binary. Supply an
 explicit path to the ABI-version-2 shared library:
 
 ```typescript
@@ -40,5 +40,5 @@
 Every operation that can be refused returns `Result<Value, MoonlightFailure>`.
 No raw Koffi handle, constructor capability, or numeric status code crosses the
 package entrypoint. Owned meshes, regions, and structuring elements implement
-both `dispose()` and `Symbol.dispose`; morphology therefore keeps the honest
+both `dispose()` and `Symbol.dispose`; morphology therefore keeps the
 domain method `region.close(element)`.
diff --git a/moonlight-planar.cabal b/moonlight-planar.cabal
--- a/moonlight-planar.cabal
+++ b/moonlight-planar.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cabal-version:       3.4
 name:                moonlight-planar
-version:             1.2.0.0
+version:             1.2.0.1
 synopsis:            Native hex regions, Delaunay meshes, and exact planar algebra.
 description:         Native packed hexagonal cell regions and Delaunay and
                      constrained Delaunay triangulation as lawful
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
 source-repository this
   type:     git
   location: https://github.com/PaleRoses/moonlight.git
-  tag:      moonlight-planar-1.2.0.0
+  tag:      moonlight-planar-1.2.0.1
   subdir:   moonlight-planar
 
 flag warnings-as-errors
