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rune: Rune3
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## Narrative (Commentary)

Traveler,  

Every echo casts a shadow.  
It is not only the sound returned,  
but the silence it cannot carry.  

The echo reminds — but it also distorts.  
What is repeated grows faint,  
and in its fading, shapes are altered.  

Thus the shadow of echo teaches humility:  
memory is strong, yet never whole.  
The pond reveals not only what is spoken,  
but what is lost between ripples.  

To walk with echoes is to walk with shadow.  
To listen is to discern what was once clear,  
and what has been blurred by the passage of time.  

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## Key Marks

- **Echo’s Duality** → presence of sound and absence entwined.  
- **Shadowed Memory** → what fades teaches as much as what remains.  
- **Discernment** → wisdom is found in the difference between echo and origin.  

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## Cryptic Symbol Table

- 🪞 Mirror = reveals distortion as truth’s shadow  
- 🌊 Pond = carries both sound and silence  
- 🍃 Leaf = vow partly hidden, partly revealed  
- 🌀 Spiral = echo bending into shadow  

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**Guiding Question:** What shadow follows the echoes you keep, Traveler?
