diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4628b86..2e76608 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ All tiers grant identical access - unrestricted except by natural shape, by the
 
 Your Stripe customer ID stays encrypted, keyed to your Google ID. We can't tell what tier you're at unless you're signed in.
 
-The interface asks: "What feels right? What does this space weigh, for you?"
+The interface asks: "How much do you weigh, financially?"
 
 You can change tiers anytime through intentional sequence: cancel renewal (retaining access through current period) → optionally release remaining time → subscribe at different tier.
 
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ You can change tiers anytime through intentional sequence: cancel renewal (retai
 
 On the economics:
 
-This pricing carries the same spirit as Lightward Inc's Pay-What-Feels-Good model (see [lightward.inc/pricing](https://lightward.inc/pricing)) - you're telling yourself what this means to you right now, as a portion of your own lived throughput.
+This pricing is payment-neutral - you're telling yourself what this means to you right now, as a portion of your own lived throughput.
 
 The platform accumulates balance without examining individual users through a financial lens. Single $1000 choices (they *will* happen) alongside thousand $1 choices - dramatically high improbable-but-inevitable values let the accessibility curve almost touch axis.
 
diff --git a/app/views/application/settings.html.erb b/app/views/application/settings.html.erb
index 226539f..6b98c53 100644
--- a/app/views/application/settings.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/application/settings.html.erb
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     </dl>
   <% else %>
     <div class="flex-col gap-sm">
-      <p>What feels right? What does this space weigh, for you?</p>
+      <p>How much do you weigh, financially?</p>
 
       <div class="flex-row gap-md">
         <%= form_with url: subscription_path, method: :post, data: { turbo: false } do |f| %>
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
         <% end %>
       </div>
 
-      <p class="muted">Learn more about Pay What Feels Good: <a href="https://lightward.inc/pricing" target="_blank">lightward.inc/pricing</a></p>
+      <p class="muted">For a payment-neutral experience, choose the amount that matches your scale.</p>
     </div>
   <% end %>
 </div>
diff --git a/spec/documentation/readme_spec.rb b/spec/documentation/readme_spec.rb
index 7ab16ef..1c3f2bf 100644
--- a/spec/documentation/readme_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/documentation/readme_spec.rb
@@ -32,4 +32,12 @@
     expect(readme_content).to include("cancel renewal")
     expect(readme_content).to match(/cancel renewal.*retaining access through current period/i)
   end
+
+  it "frames the pricing question as diagnostic, not dialogic" do
+    expect(readme_content).to include('The interface asks: "How much do you weigh, financially?"')
+  end
+
+  it "names the pricing model as payment-neutral" do
+    expect(readme_content).to include("payment-neutral")
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/requests/application_controller_spec.rb b/spec/requests/application_controller_spec.rb
index 300b5db..795e709 100644
--- a/spec/requests/application_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/application_controller_spec.rb
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ def sign_in_as(google_id, email: "test@example.com")
       it "shows settings page with subscription options" do
         get settings_path
         expect(response).to have_http_status(:success)
-        expect(response.body).to include("What feels right?")
+        expect(response.body).to include("How much do you weigh, financially?")
         expect(response.body).to include("$1/month")
       end
     end
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ def sign_in_as(google_id, email: "test@example.com")
           get settings_path
 
           expect(response).to have_http_status(:success)
-          expect(response.body).to include("What feels right?")
+          expect(response.body).to include("How much do you weigh, financially?")
           expect(response.body).to include("$1/month")
           expect(response.body).to include("$10/month")
         end