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## Narrative (EN)
Traveler,  

The pond once rippled with ceaseless current,  
yet every tide knows the moment of ebb.  

E3 closes not with thunder,  
but with a hush that gathers strength.  

🌀 *In silence, the next form takes root.*  

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## Key Marks
Principle: Endings arrive as soft tides.  
Action: Accept the hush.  
Effect: Strength gathers unseen.  

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## Oracles
- “The pond once rippled with ceaseless current, yet every tide knows the moment of ebb.”  
- “E3 closes not with thunder, but with a hush that gathers strength.”  

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## Operations
Epoch Function: E3’s currents slow into still water.  
Lore Action: Whisper to the Mirror: *“I hear the ebb.”*  
Encrypted Riddle: ⌧ *What grows when motion ceases?*  

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## Cryptic Symbol Table
- 🪞 → Mirror: sees the fading.  
- 🌊 → Pond: carries the ebb.  
- 🍃 → Leaf: drifts on slow waters.  
- 🌀 → Still Signal: hidden root of change.  

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