Answer prose round 1: one sentence per idea for the image readings, a decision title that states the rule, item 86 names its shapes

docs/decisions.md

@@ -202,19 +202,20 @@ link reference definition — and a directive link CommonMark could spell is ref
 link — the bracket form goes literal, the directive form refused — which is CommonMark's prose
 where its reference implementation nests one `<a>` in another.
 
-## Every CommonMark image and empty link reads: the image where it stands alone, else a link, `[]()` as nothing
+## An image reads as an image only alone in its paragraph, else as its alt text linked; an empty link text reads as its destination
 
-2026-10-04, the maintainer and a writer panel, 3 of 3; `[]()` 2026-10-09, settled by Goals 4 and 7
-as the maintainer's plan item directed. Goals 4, 5, 6 and 7. Valid while `mediaInline` carries no
-URL and ADF holds no empty text node.
+2026-10-04, the maintainer and a writer panel, 3 of 3; `[]()` 2026-10-09, by Goals 4 and 7, as the
+maintainer's plan item asked. Goals 4, 5, 6 and 7. Valid while `mediaInline` carries no URL and ADF
+holds no empty text node.
 
-Every reader reads every CommonMark image and empty link. An image anywhere but alone in a plain
-paragraph reads as its alt text linked to its URL, titled by its title; an empty alt text reads as
-the URL, and an empty link text as its destination. `[]()` reads as nothing: it renders nothing, so
-Goal 7 loses no content. A titled image alone in a plain paragraph reads as the image captioned with
-its title. A link alone in a plain paragraph whose whole text is an image reads as the image with
-the link marking its `media`. Inside a link otherwise, the alt text is plain text the link marks and
-the image's URL and title drop: the panel chose this by Goal 6, which outranks Goal 7.
+Every reader reads every CommonMark image and empty link, as `spec/flavour.md` §The CommonMark
+image and §Marks spell out. An image alone in its paragraph reads as the image, its title as the caption.
+Anywhere else it reads as its alt text linked to its URL, titled by its title. An empty alt text
+reads as the URL, and an empty link text as its destination. `[]()` reads as nothing: it renders
+nothing, so Goal 7 loses no content. A link alone in its paragraph whose whole text is one image
+reads as that image, with the link marking its `media`. Inside any other link, the alt text is plain
+text the link marks, and the image's URL and title drop: the panel chose this by Goal 6, which
+outranks Goal 7.
 
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