diff --git a/data.go b/data.go
index f12e9c5..28bd9be 100644
--- a/data.go
+++ b/data.go
@@ -27,13 +27,6 @@ func (s dataSource) labelled(p string) string {
 	return path.Join(s.label, p)
 }
 
-// loadData loads every source into one namespace tree and returns its root
-// children. A directory becomes a folder; each *.json file in it compiles to a node
-// keyed by its base name (address.json -> "address"); each subdirectory becomes a
-// nested folder, so folders turn into dot-path segments. Sources merge left to right:
-// matching folders merge by their children, and any other clash is won by the last
-// source loaded. Once merged, linkRefs binds every reference against the
-// final tree.
 func loadData(sources []dataSource) (map[string]node, error) {
 	root := map[string]node{}
 	for _, src := range sources {
diff --git a/path.go b/path.go
index 02037ab..59b7c16 100644
--- a/path.go
+++ b/path.go
@@ -418,7 +418,6 @@ func (w *pathDraw) variant(c *choice, rest []string) node {
 	return n
 }
 
-// selector splits the selector a tail starts with from the rest of it.
 func (t *table) selector(tail []string) (sel string, rest []string, err error) {
 	if len(tail) == 0 || !isSelector(tail[0]) {
 		return "", tail, nil
diff --git a/render.go b/render.go
index e05ca5c..86a3aa2 100644
--- a/render.go
+++ b/render.go
@@ -105,8 +105,7 @@ func expandAnew(s *generatorState, t *template) string {
 }
 
 // pick selects one item. Uniform choices are O(1); weighted choices are an
-// O(log n) search over precomputed cumulative weights. compile guarantees a
-// non-empty choice and a finite positive total, so the index is always in range.
+// O(log n) search over precomputed cumulative weights.
 func pick(s *generatorState, c *choice) node {
 	if c.cum == nil {
 		return c.items[s.IntN(len(c.items))]
@@ -114,8 +113,7 @@ func pick(s *generatorState, c *choice) node {
 	return c.items[pickCum(s, c.cum)]
 }
 
-// expand renders a template's compiled ops. compile validated every token, so this
-// cannot fail.
+// expand renders a template's compiled ops.
 func expand(s *generatorState, t *template, sc renderScope) string {
 	var b strings.Builder
 	b.Grow(t.compiled.grow)
diff --git a/table.go b/table.go
index 71c4fc8..6a7e9cd 100644
--- a/table.go
+++ b/table.go
@@ -471,7 +471,6 @@ func (t *table) builtLookup() *rowLookup {
 	return &t.lookup
 }
 
-// drawRow picks a row over the whole table.
 func (t *table) drawRow(s *generatorState) int {
 	if t.cum == nil {
 		return s.IntN(t.rowCount())
diff --git a/todo.md b/todo.md
index fb77657..107ef1b 100644
--- a/todo.md
+++ b/todo.md
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ on 2026-09-29 a third time (Navigation 7.0, Locality 5.6, Shape 6.3, Self-suffic
 
 This round, in order:
 
-- Delete the prose two or more seats found empty: `loadData`'s comment, which also names
-  `linkRefs` where `bind` runs, `table.drawRow`'s, `table.selector`'s, and `render.go`'s
-  second and third "compile validated" notes.
 - Run the nine-seat panel again and file what it names here.
 
 ### Data