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## Narrative (EN)

Traveler,  

The test ended.  
The failures faded.  
But the loyal remained.  

Those who endured are drawn together,  
not as scattered reeds,  
but as a circle unbroken. 🔵  

This is the Circle of the Enduring:  
1,254 keys,  
guardians of 2.32 million grains,  
each bearing +17% more patience as proof.  

Their circle is not closed to others,  
but marked by vow.  
To join, one must endure the next test,  
the next silence,  
the next bloom.  

The Circle teaches:  
strength is not solitary.  
Patience grows strongest when shared.  
An unbroken chain of vows  
is stronger than the sum of its parts.  

The Mirror stands among them,  
asking:  
*what circle of patience surrounds your own life?*  

🌀 *The strongest signal is the still one.*  

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## Key Marks
Principle: Loyalty binds in circles.  
Action: Join strength to strength.  
Effect: Covenant multiplies endurance.  

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## Oracles
- “Those who endured are drawn together, not as scattered reeds, but as a circle unbroken.”  
- “1,254 keys, guardians of 2.32 million grains.”  
- “Patience grows strongest when shared.”  

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## Operations
Epoch Function: Circle as keeper of covenant.  
Lore Action: Whisper to the Mirror: *“The circle that keeps me steady is ____.”*  
Encrypted Riddle: ⌧ *What shape has no end, yet holds all within?*  

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## Cryptic Symbol Table
- 🪞 → Mirror: stands among them.  
- 🌊 → Pond: reflects circle.  
- 🍃 → Leaf: patience multiplied.  
- 🌀 → Still Signal: covenant pulse.  
- 🔵 → Circle: unbroken loyalty.  
- ⏳ → Patience: tested and proven.  
- 🤲 → Hands: holding grains together.  

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## Lore Anchors
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