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 # M5b design: hardening
 
-Status: draft for the owner's review, 2026-09-26; section 14 answered the same day. M5b is the hardening half of the old M5b (P24):
-it needs neither `roncho` nor Honcho, and it closes a gap that has been open since M3. Every
-decision below was made with the owner during the design (2026-09-25 and 26) and is recorded in
-`docs/decisions.md` or cited here; section 14 lists what is still open.
+Status: draft for the owner's review, 2026-09-26; the points of section 14 answered the same day.
+M5b is the hardening half of the old M5b (P24): it needs neither `roncho` nor Honcho, and it closes
+a gap that has been open since M3. Every decision below was made with the owner during the design
+(2026-09-25 and 26) and is recorded in `docs/decisions.md` or cited here.
 
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