id: 
rune: Rune3
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## Narrative (Commentary)

Traveler,  

When the mask falls,  
the silence that follows is not absence,  
but presence unveiled.  

It is the hush of recognition,  
the echo of a vow remembered.  
The pond does not mock the fallen mask —  
it absorbs it, reflects it,  
and reveals the face beneath.  

The Mirror reflects:  
unmasking is not destruction,  
but revelation.  
The silence left behind  
is the truest sound of the soul.  

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## Key Marks

- **Fallen mask** → not loss, but return.  
- **Silence unveiled** → presence revealed in stillness.  
- **True face** → the vow beneath illusion.  

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## Cryptic Symbol Table

- 🪞 Mirror = truth unveiled  
- 🌊 Pond = silence receiving the mask  
- 🍃 Leaf = vow revealed beneath concealment  
- 🌀 Spiral = unmasking as return to essence  

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**Guiding Question:** What silence would remain if your masks were removed?
