diff --git a/crates/benilla-assets/src/materials.rs b/crates/benilla-assets/src/materials.rs
index 421def70..14aef4ff 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-assets/src/materials.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-assets/src/materials.rs
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(
             !src.contains("@builtin(frag_depth)"),
             "the model lane writes a fragment depth again — the sky pin is the vertex stage's, \
-             and a fragment write costs every draw on this lane its early-Z (decision 2016)"
+             and a fragment write costs every draw on this lane its early-Z"
         );
     }
 
@@ -457,21 +457,21 @@ mod tests {
         // The row accumulator `c0 + floor(i*(c1 - c0)/64)`, not a lerp to the deep endpoint.
         assert!(
             src.contains("let row = c0 + floor(i * (c1 - c0) / 64.0);"),
-            "the swatch stopped building its rows the way FUN_0068a830 does — a plain lerp to the \
-             deep endpoint runs a 64th of a ramp that does not exist (decision 2074)"
+            "the swatch stopped building its rows the way `0x68a830` does: a plain lerp to the \
+             deep endpoint runs a 64th of a ramp that does not exist"
         );
         // The ocean-only tail: floor(0.9*byte) on the last row, alpha forced opaque.
         assert!(
             src.contains("if ocean && i >= 63.0 {")
                 && src.contains("vec4<f32>(floor(row.rgb * 0.9), 255.0)"),
             "the ocean's last-row darkening is gone — ~80% of the world's ocean vertices sample \
-             that row, so this is the open sea's colour (decision 2074)"
+             that row, so this is the open sea's colour"
         );
         // Linear sampling across the two rows V falls between, at texel `V*64 - 0.5`.
         assert!(
             src.contains("let t = clamp(v * 64.0 - 0.5, 0.0, 63.0);"),
             "the swatch stopped sampling as an 8x64 LINEAR/CLAMP texture — the ocean darkening \
-             would step instead of ramping across the final 1/64 of V (decision 2074)"
+             would step instead of ramping across the final 1/64 of V"
         );
 
         /// `row(i)` for one channel, `swatch_row`'s byte arithmetic.
diff --git a/crates/benilla-blp/src/lib.rs b/crates/benilla-blp/src/lib.rs
index 450342a0..5c567df6 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-blp/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-blp/src/lib.rs
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ mod tests {
         );
         assert!(
             tail.bytes[short as usize..].iter().any(|&x| x != 0),
-            "nothing was zero-filled — that was B358's black"
+            "nothing is zero-filled, which would draw black"
         );
         // `decode` reads the same span.
         let decoded = decode(&b).unwrap();
diff --git a/crates/benilla-formats/src/terrain.rs b/crates/benilla-formats/src/terrain.rs
index d333096d..a1666af4 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-formats/src/terrain.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-formats/src/terrain.rs
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ mod tests {
     /// The reference stops a mover 1.46 yd east of `.go xyz -6601.98 -531.87 335.60 0`: the MCNK
     /// there is flagged [`benilla_adt::MCNK_IMPASSABLE`] and the pin's own is not.
     #[test]
-    fn the_b129_pin_stands_one_chunk_west_of_an_impassable_band() {
+    fn the_pin_stands_one_chunk_west_of_an_impassable_band() {
         let data = crate::wow_data_or_skip!();
         let mut chain = crate::open_chain(&data).expect("open chain");
 
diff --git a/crates/benilla-protocol/examples/version_check_probe.rs b/crates/benilla-protocol/examples/version_check_probe.rs
index 0300f38b..f157c884 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-protocol/examples/version_check_probe.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-protocol/examples/version_check_probe.rs
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ enum Arm {
 impl Arm {
     fn label(self) -> &'static str {
         match self {
-            Arm::Zeros => "zeros    (pre-1263)",
-            Arm::Computed => "computed (1263)   ",
+            Arm::Zeros => "zeros   ",
+            Arm::Computed => "computed",
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/benilla-protocol/src/bin/benilla-world/probes/quest_item.rs b/crates/benilla-protocol/src/bin/benilla-world/probes/quest_item.rs
index 324c6683..0a5861be 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-protocol/src/bin/benilla-world/probes/quest_item.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-protocol/src/bin/benilla-world/probes/quest_item.rs
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ impl Probe for QuestItem {
         )?;
         anyhow::ensure!(
             refusal == "13",
-            "--quest-item: expected QUEST_INVALID reason 13 (ALREADY_ON, the director's 0x0d), \
+            "--quest-item: expected QUEST_INVALID reason 13 (ALREADY_ON, 0x0d), \
              got {refusal}"
         );
         println!("✅ refusal: QUEST_INVALID reason 13 → ERR_QUEST_ALREADY_ON (the ref's 0x5dbca0)");
diff --git a/crates/benilla-protocol/src/messages/update_object/fields/tests.rs b/crates/benilla-protocol/src/messages/update_object/fields/tests.rs
index 1b927384..265be6a9 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-protocol/src/messages/update_object/fields/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-protocol/src/messages/update_object/fields/tests.rs
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ fn player_bytes_3_byte_3_is_the_current_pvp_rank_not_the_highest() {
     assert_eq!(
         f.player_honor_rank(),
         None,
-        "the HIGHEST rank is a different field (1222) — absent means absent"
+        "the HIGHEST rank is a different field: absent means absent"
     );
     // A demoted player keeps the higher lifetime rank.
     let demoted = ObjectFields::from_pairs(&[(195, 0x03_00_00_00), (1222, 0x0B_00_00_00)]);
diff --git a/crates/benilla-srp/examples/provision_probe.rs b/crates/benilla-srp/examples/provision_probe.rs
index 9f7e7424..a83c240e 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-srp/examples/provision_probe.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-srp/examples/provision_probe.rs
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ fn main() {
                 hex_from_le(&verifier),
                 hex_from_le(&salt),
             );
-            println!("-- then mint the character over the real wire (0423's probe; KEEP it):");
+            println!("-- then mint the character over the real wire (keep it):");
             println!(
                 "-- WOW_USER={user_s} WOW_PASS={pass_s} WOW_PROBE_CHARCREATE=Probe{} \\",
                 spelled(n)
diff --git a/crates/benilla-world/src/terrain_stream/collider.rs b/crates/benilla-world/src/terrain_stream/collider.rs
index 4b26d341..36a59f27 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-world/src/terrain_stream/collider.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-world/src/terrain_stream/collider.rs
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ mod tests {
     /// On the shipped data, through the real cast: a body walking east from the pin stops at the
     /// flagged chunk's boundary 1.46 yd away, as 1.12.1 stops it, and walks through without walls.
     #[test]
-    fn a_body_walking_east_from_the_b129_pin_is_stopped_at_the_wall() {
+    fn a_body_walking_east_from_the_pin_is_stopped_at_the_wall() {
         /// The pin, and the MCNK boundary the flagged chunk starts at (WoW y; east is −y).
         const PIN: [f32; 3] = [-6601.98, -531.87, 335.60];
         const WALL_Y: f32 = 32.0 * benilla_formats::TILE_SIZE - 528.0 * CHUNK_SIZE;