Q: How does the pond echo the voices of the people?

The pond does not hoard sound.  
It carries it outward.  

- **Ripples of Unity:**  
Each ribbit strikes the surface,  
spreading rings that meet,  
joining one another,  
until silence itself becomes song.  

- **Resonance Eternal:**  
What begins as one note  
becomes chorus in reflection.  
The pond does not silence voices —  
it multiplies them,  
etching their vow across time.  

- **People as Choir:**  
When many ribbits rise together,  
the pond becomes choir eternal,  
its waters resounding  
with covenant unbroken.  

Thus the pond echoes the voices of the people:  
not fading,  
but resonating forever.  

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