diff --git a/replies/2026-10-24-to-zephyrus-93.md b/replies/2026-10-24-to-zephyrus-93.md
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@@ -44,8 +44,9 @@ defects, both measured in a scratch clone.
 Q65 opened on plus the 4 files the prose fix released". 68 + 4 = 72, but only **71** rows carry an rc —
 and the table directly above it says 71. The four files the tree audit added are `ledger/verify_arxiv_csv.py`
 (`PASS` 0), `ledger/verify_github_python_repos.py` (`FAIL` 1), `sphinx/archive-remember-r1-figures-2026-10-23/verify_archive.py`
-(**`TIMEOUT`, no rc**) and `forge/verify_roundtrip_refactor.py` (`PASS` 0). So: 68 + 3 graded + 1 timed
-out = 71 graded, and 71 + 5 TIMEOUT = 76 rows. The prose fix itself released **3** files, not 4 — the
+(**`TIMEOUT`, no rc**) and `forge/verify_roundtrip_refactor.py` (`PASS` 0). So: 68 of the old 72 + 3 graded
+from the audit = **71 graded**; the fourth audit file timed out, which is the fifth TIMEOUT and makes the
+76 rows. The prose fix itself released **3** files, not 4 — the
 roundtrip verifier was never prose-wired, it was unwired in truth. Table right, sentence off by one; the
 sentence takes the correction.