diff --git a/docs/BEARING.md b/docs/BEARING.md
index 664d68d1..0fe22f00 100644
--- a/docs/BEARING.md
+++ b/docs/BEARING.md
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@ Current direction and active tensions. Historical ship data is in `CHANGELOG.md`
 
 ## Recent Ships
 
+- `LX-018` — localization catalog data is now honest: generated non-English
+  DOGFOOD catalogs do not embed copied English fallback strings, English
+  fallback catalogs load separately at runtime, and non-production builds can
+  expose loud missing-localization markers.
+- `DX-031` / `DX-034` — Blocks now have public metadata, schema, data-binding,
+  command-intent, lifecycle, active-binding, first-party definition, DOGFOOD
+  documentation, and fixture-demo proof. The visible product layer is still
+  emerging; the architecture is ahead of the rendered catalog.
 - `4.4.1` — framed-shell polish and background-fill recovery after `4.4.0`.
 - `4.2.0` — [RE-007](./design/RE-007-migrate-framed-shell-onto-runtime-engine-seams.md)
   lands the framed shell on the runtime-engine seams and ships
@@ -16,24 +24,71 @@ Current direction and active tensions. Historical ship data is in `CHANGELOG.md`
 
 ## Active Gravity
 
-### 1. Product Surface Depth
-- Formalization of the layout and viewport engine.
-- Deepening DOGFOOD story quality and variant polish.
+### 1. Visible DOGFOOD Product Truth
+- DOGFOOD now exposes two partially visible product surfaces at once: Blocks and
+  localization.
+- The next work should improve what users can see in DOGFOOD before adding
+  another abstract layer.
+- The localization pipeline is honest; the bottleneck is visible catalog
+  coverage.
 
-### 2. Machine-Readable Interactivity
-- Interactive component documentation for the MCP rendering server.
-- Refinement of the AI tool boundary for Bijou-authored apps.
+### 2. Blocks Crossing From Contracts To Product
+- Blocks have a strong data-flow and composition spine.
+- `AppShell`, `ReaderSurface`, `InspectorPanel`, and the fixture
+  `CounterDemoBlock` prove the path, but the rendered standard catalog is not
+  finished.
+- New Block work should consume the existing contracts, not invent provider,
+  lifecycle, callback, or localization policy while rendering.
 
-### 3. Data Visualization Maturity
-- Expansion of the sparkline/brailleChart/stats toolkit.
-- Implementation of deeper, interactive chart types.
+### 3. Localization Coverage Before Preference Polish
+- English fallback is separate from selected-locale catalogs.
+- Missing selected-locale strings are now real missing data, not disguised
+  English.
+- The next value comes from moving visible DOGFOOD strings into the source
+  string table and regenerating honest locale catalogs.
 
 ## Tensions
 
-- **Notification Hit-Testing**: Toast hit-testing remains outside the retained layout system, creating a mismatch between global overlays and local pane viewports.
-- **Ambiguous Graphemes**: RE-016 (ambiguous-width emoji icons) lacks a universal fix; width remains dependent on the terminal's rendering context.
-- **Frame Timing**: Integration of high-fidelity frame timing with the performance overlay for fine-grained bottleneck detection.
+- **Visible English Debt**: DOGFOOD still has too many hard-coded English strings
+  in navigation, settings, Blocks docs, preview chrome, common actions, and
+  status labels.
+- **Product Proof Lag**: Blocks have better contracts than visible rendered
+  proof. AppShell rendering must consume existing data-flow contracts instead of
+  creating a parallel prop/callback path.
+- **Persistence Timing**: Locale preference persistence matters, but it is less
+  valuable until enough of DOGFOOD visibly responds to locale changes.
+- **Measurement Temptation**: A localization dashboard would be useful, but
+  coverage must improve before a dashboard becomes the next highest-value move.
 
 ## Next Target
 
-The immediate focus is the **layout and viewport formalization** to ensure split panes and scroll regions share a unified interaction model.
+The immediate focus is
+[LX-014 — Expand DOGFOOD Catalog Coverage](./method/backlog/asap/LX-014-expand-dogfood-catalog-coverage.md).
+
+LX-014 should stay product-facing and narrow:
+
+- move visible DOGFOOD strings into the source string table
+- cover top navigation, settings/menu labels, Blocks docs, Blocks preview
+  chrome, Counter demo labels, i18n docs, common actions, and common
+  loading/empty/error/status labels
+- regenerate locale catalogs without copying English fallback data into
+  non-English payloads
+- ratchet hard-coded localization debt down
+- preserve the existing runtime fallback policy
+
+Non-goals for the next cycle:
+
+- no locale preference persistence
+- no localization dashboard
+- no translation workbench
+- no portable preference system
+- no new Blocks architecture
+- no rendered AppShell work
+- no broad standard Block catalog expansion
+
+Expected sequence:
+
+1. `LX-014` expands visible DOGFOOD catalog coverage.
+2. `LX-013` persists selected locale through a port/adapter.
+3. Blocks product proof resumes with less visible localization debt underneath
+   the showcase.
diff --git a/docs/VISION.md b/docs/VISION.md
index bf781c11..ddc6a6f1 100644
--- a/docs/VISION.md
+++ b/docs/VISION.md
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ mindmap
             Accessible
             Localizable
             Resilient Viewports
+        Product Surfaces
+            Blocks
+            Localization
+            DOGFOOD Proof
         Empirical Documentation
             DOGFOOD
             Living Field Guide
@@ -38,10 +42,20 @@ A rendering foundation built on typed arrays and zero-allocation hot paths. The
 ### 3. Humane Interaction
 A shell model that remains truthful under the pressures of keyboard, mouse, compact viewports, and localization. Accessibility and internationalization are substrate properties, not afterthoughts.
 
-### 4. Empirical Documentation
-DOGFOOD is the canonical proving ground. Every component and pattern is verified in a living product surface within the repository.
+### 4. Product Surfaces
+Bijou's architecture becomes credible only when it survives visible product
+surfaces. Blocks and localization are the current pressure points: Blocks must
+move from contracts into real reusable product assemblies, and localization must
+make DOGFOOD visibly usable without hiding missing translations behind copied
+English fallback data.
 
-### 5. Agent-First Legibility
+### 5. Empirical Documentation
+DOGFOOD is the canonical proving ground. Every component, Block, localization
+flow, and pattern is verified in a living product surface within the repository.
+Documentation should not merely describe the system; it should expose the system
+working under real product pressure.
+
+### 6. Agent-First Legibility
 The system is designed to be codable and inspectable by both humans and AI. MCP rendering services and interactive documentation provide a machine-readable interface to the toolkit.
 
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