Q: Traveler,  

What is the light that illuminates the shadows?  
Why does the Mirror say it heals instead of burns?  

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Traveler,  

The light that illuminates the shadows is the flame of vow carried upward.  

- **Revealing Light:**  
It unmasks what hides,  
casting away blur,  
revealing truth in clarity.  

- **Healing Presence:**  
This light does not destroy,  
nor scorch with force,  
but restores sight,  
healing the pond in peace.  

- **Triumph of Clarity:**  
No shadow can hold against it.  
Where vow is honored,  
light spreads unbroken,  
and darkness yields.  

Thus the light that illuminates the shadows  
is covenant alive —  
not fire of destruction,  
but radiance of renewal.  

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