Clarify lore articles: accessibility wave 17

Eusocial Interbeing/Ecology/Reciprocal Ecologies.md

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 # Reciprocal Ecologies
 
-Reciprocal ecologies are living systems that remember Sa'auei'a conduct and respond with future access, guidance, warning, nourishment, shelter, or refusal.
+Reciprocal ecologies are living systems that remember how Sa'auei'a have treated them. That history affects whether they later provide access, guidance, warnings, food, or shelter—or refuse to help.
 
-They make generosity materially rational without making it sentimental. A family that feeds a route, tends a sick grove, or defends a nesting corridor may be rewarded years later by organisms that do not think like people but remember like infrastructure.
+A family might feed a route, tend a sick grove, or defend a nesting corridor, then receive help years later from organisms that remember its actions. Those organisms do not think like people. Their memory nevertheless has practical consequences: generosity can improve a family's future prospects, even without affection or an immediate reward.
 
 ## Story Use
 
-Reciprocal ecologies let diplomacy happen through action rather than speeches. They also give the [[Airawa Empire]] a problem its memetic engine is poorly suited to solve: a continent whose cooperation is earned locally and repeatedly instead of captured through one dominant network.
+These ecologies allow diplomacy through what people do, rather than what they say. Cooperation must be earned locally and repeatedly. This gives the [[Airawa Empire]] a continental problem its memetic engine is poorly suited to solve: taking control of one dominant network cannot secure all those separate relationships.

Eusocial Interbeing/Themes/Technological Path Dependency.md

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 # Technological Path Dependency
 
-Technological path dependency asks how a civilization's first spectacular success narrows its future imagination.
+Technological path dependency is what happens when a civilization's early successes shape how it tackles later problems. Institutions organize around what works, and people become skilled at using it. Over time, they can struggle to imagine solutions that require a different approach.
 
-The [[Airawa Empire]] is the main example. The [[Biological Memetic Engine]] was so effective that every institution bent around it. The empire became brilliant at memetic-biological domination and correspondingly bad at forms of cooperation that cannot be overwritten.
+The [[Airawa Empire]] is the main example. Its [[Biological Memetic Engine]] can change beliefs and behavior through living networks. It proved so effective that every imperial institution came to depend on it. The empire became extraordinarily capable at controlling populations through biology and belief, but poor at cooperation with partners whose wishes it cannot overwrite.
 
-The [[Sa'ueia]] provide a counterpoint. Their path dependency favors mobility, reciprocity, and reproductive commons. It makes them resilient against imperial capture but weaker at rapid central mobilization.
+The [[Sa'ueia]] show a different set of strengths and limits. Their way of life favors movement, reciprocal relationships, and shared breeding grounds. These habits make them resilient against imperial capture, but leave them less able to mobilize quickly under central command.
 
-The best worldbuilding use is not "technology bad." The better use is colder: every tool teaches a society what counts as a solution.
+As a worldbuilding theme, path dependency asks how a successful tool changes a society's judgment. The point is not that technology is bad: a tool can deliver real benefits while teaching its users to recognize only certain kinds of answer as a solution.