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 Payments involving issued currencies are a bit more complicated.
 
-All changes in issued currency balances are reflected in [RippleState objects](ripplestate.html), which represent [trust lines](trust-lines-and-issuing.html). A transaction that "increases" one party's balance in an issued currency decreases the counterparty's balance by equal amount. In the metadata, whether this change is recorded as an "increase" or "decrease" in the net balance of the RippleState object depends on which account has the numerically higher address.
+All changes in issued currency balances are reflected in [RippleState objects](ripplestate.html), which represent [trust lines](trust-lines-and-issuing.html). An increase to one party's balance on a trust line is considered to decrease the counterparty's balance by equal amount; in the metadata, this is only recorded as a single change to the shared `Balance` for the RippleState object. Whether this change is recorded as an "increase" or "decrease" depends on which account has the numerically higher address.
 
-Cross-currency payments also consume [Offers](offer.html) in part or entirely to change between currencies with different currency codes and issuers. If a transaction shows `DeletedNode` objects for `Offer` types, that can indicate an Offer that was fully consumed, or an Offer that was found to be [expired or unfunded](offers.html#lifecycle-of-an-offer) at the time of processing. If a transaction shows a `ModifiedNode` of type `Offer`, that indicates an Offer that was partially consumed.
+A single payment may go across a long [path](paths.html) consisting of several trust lines and order books. The process of changing the balances on several trust lines to connect parties indirectly is called [rippling](rippling.html). Depending on the `issuer` specified in the transaction's `Amount` field, it is also possible that the amount delivered may be split between several trust lines (`RippleState` accounts) connected to the destination account.
 
-If the metadata modifies `RippleState` nodes, that can represent different trust lines in the [path](paths.html) of the transaction. The process of changing the balances on several trust lines to connect parties indirectly is called [rippling](rippling.html). Depending on the `issuer` specified in the transaction's `Amount` field, it is also possible that the amount delivered may be split between several trust lines (`RippleState` accounts) connected to the destination account.
+Cross-currency payments consume [Offers](offer.html) in part or entirely to change between currencies with different currency codes and issuers. If a transaction shows `DeletedNode` objects for `Offer` types, that can indicate an Offer that was fully consumed, or an Offer that was found to be [expired or unfunded](offers.html#lifecycle-of-an-offer) at the time of processing. If a transaction shows a `ModifiedNode` of type `Offer`, that indicates an Offer that was partially consumed.
 
 The [`QualityIn` and `QualityOut` settings of trust lines](trustset.html) can affect how one side of a trust line values the issued currency, so that the numeric change in balances is different from how the sender values that currency. The `delivered_amount` shows how much was delivered as valued by the recipient.