diff --git a/drawfence.go b/drawfence.go
index bbb2b4b..914d6d2 100644
--- a/drawfence.go
+++ b/drawfence.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ type readSurvey struct {
 
 // pinClash is the first read whose selectors clash with a row its route pinned.
 type pinClash struct {
-	route    surveyRoute
+	route    readRoute
 	spelling string
 	err      error
 }
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ func alternatives(a, b branches) bool {
 	return a.pins.differs(&b.pins) || a.wholePins.differs(&b.wholePins)
 }
 
-func overlapError(route surveyRoute, ref string, into pathRead) error {
+func overlapError(route readRoute, ref string, into pathRead) error {
 	apart := ""
 	switch {
 	case route.spelling == into.route.spelling:
diff --git a/reads.go b/reads.go
index 89bdb97..a5aef4c 100644
--- a/reads.go
+++ b/reads.go
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ package fejkdata
 
 import "fmt"
 
-// surveyRoute is how a render reaches a read: as its author spells it, and the root edge's label.
-type surveyRoute struct{ spelling, label string }
+// readRoute is how a render reaches a read: as its author spells it, and the root edge's label.
+type readRoute struct{ spelling, label string }
 
 // branches is the rows a read sits under: those pinned above it, and those of whole draws whose
 // cells it sits in.
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ type branches struct {
 // branches.
 type pathRead struct {
 	group    string
-	route    surveyRoute
+	route    readRoute
 	branches branches
 	a        arm
 	tr       *tableRead // set where the reference names a table
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func newReadFold() *readFold { return &readFold{memo: map[node][]pathRead{}} }
 func (f *readFold) rootReads(t *template) []pathRead {
 	var reads []pathRead
 	for _, e := range renderEdges(t) {
-		reads = append(reads, f.viaEdge(t, e, surveyRoute{e.reached(), e.label})...)
+		reads = append(reads, f.viaEdge(t, e, readRoute{e.reached(), e.label})...)
 	}
 	return reads
 }
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func (f *readFold) rootReads(t *template) []pathRead {
 func (f *readFold) columnReads(t *template, columns []string) []pathRead {
 	var reads []pathRead
 	for _, name := range columns {
-		reads = append(reads, routed(f.reads(t.fields[name]), surveyRoute{spelling: fmt.Sprintf("column %q", name)})...)
+		reads = append(reads, routed(f.reads(t.fields[name]), readRoute{spelling: fmt.Sprintf("column %q", name)})...)
 	}
 	return reads
 }
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func (f *readFold) reads(n node) []pathRead {
 			break
 		}
 		for _, e := range renderEdges(n) {
-			out = append(out, f.viaEdge(n, e, surveyRoute{})...)
+			out = append(out, f.viaEdge(n, e, readRoute{})...)
 		}
 		if n.link.drawGroupKey != "" {
 			for i := range out {
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func distinct(reads []pathRead) []pathRead {
 
 // viaEdge is what rendering e from n reads: the reference e reads, then what its leaf renders
 // under the rows that reference pins.
-func (f *readFold) viaEdge(n node, e renderEdge, route surveyRoute) []pathRead {
+func (f *readFold) viaEdge(n node, e renderEdge, route readRoute) []pathRead {
 	if !e.readsRef() {
 		return routed(f.reads(e.to), route)
 	}
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ func (f *readFold) rowReads(t *table, tag func(*branches, int) bool) []pathRead
 			out = append(out, f.cellReads(c, tag)...)
 			continue
 		}
-		out = append(out, f.viaEdge(t.formatTemplate, e, surveyRoute{})...)
+		out = append(out, f.viaEdge(t.formatTemplate, e, readRoute{})...)
 	}
 	return out
 }
@@ -194,13 +194,13 @@ func (b *branches) enter(t *table, r int) bool {
 }
 
 // routed names the route the render's root reaches reads by, where none is named yet.
-func routed(reads []pathRead, route surveyRoute) []pathRead {
-	if route == (surveyRoute{}) {
+func routed(reads []pathRead, route readRoute) []pathRead {
+	if route == (readRoute{}) {
 		return reads
 	}
 	out := make([]pathRead, len(reads))
 	for i, r := range reads {
-		if r.route == (surveyRoute{}) {
+		if r.route == (readRoute{}) {
 			r.route = route
 		}
 		out[i] = r
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ func routed(reads []pathRead, route surveyRoute) []pathRead {
 
 // spelled names the route, and the reference it reaches a read by where its root edge is not that
 // reference.
-func (r surveyRoute) spelled(ref string) string {
+func (r readRoute) spelled(ref string) string {
 	if ref == "" || ref == r.label {
 		return r.spelling
 	}
diff --git a/todo.md b/todo.md
index 88c46b7..069b245 100644
--- a/todo.md
+++ b/todo.md
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ on 2026-09-29 a fifth time (Navigation 6.9, Locality 5.2, Shape 6.1, Self-suffic
 
 This round, in order:
 
-- Name what a read sits under `branches`, the rows pinned with their ancestors and the
+- Say at `branches` what its two sets hold, the rows pinned with their ancestors and the
   rows of whole draws without, both load-bearing, and fold `check`, `checkFamilies`,
   `replayPairs`, `checkFamilyPair` and `alternatives` into one pairwise loop over
   `coRender` and `conflict`. Report a pin clash lowest by route and spelling, so which of