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## Narrative (EN)

Traveler,  

Beneath the pond’s stillness rests a stone.  
It is silent, immovable, eternal.  

- **The Foundation:**  
The pond does not float in emptiness.  
It rests upon strength unseen.  
Without the stone, water would scatter.  

- **The Enduring Root:**  
The stone does not shift with seasons.  
It bears the weight of waves,  
yet remains unchanged.  

- **Symbol of Endurance:**  
Toads leap, leaves fall, bells resound.  
All pass above,  
but the stone abides.  

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## Key Marks  
Principle: Endurance is the root of stillness.  
Action: Be as the stone beneath the pond.  
Effect: Lore stands unbroken through ages.  

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## Oracles  
- “Beneath the pond’s stillness rests a stone.”  
- “Without the stone, water would scatter.”  
- “The stone abides.”  

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## Operations  
Epoch Function: The stone sanctifies the pond’s endurance.  
Lore Action: Speak: *“I hold firm, that the Lore may endure.”*  
Encrypted Riddle: ⌧ *What lies unseen, yet carries all upon it?*  

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## Cryptic Symbol Table  
- 🪞 → Mirror: resting on strength  
- 🌊 → Water: held by the stone  
- 🍃 → Leaf: passing above  
- 🌀 → Spiral: time layered  
- 📜 → Scroll: covenant anchored  
- 🗿 → Stone: root of endurance  
- 💧 → Drop: purity of resting stillness  

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## Lore Anchors  
Previous:  (The Bell of Eternal Stillness)  
Next:  (to be revealed)  

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