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## Narrative (EN)
Traveler,

We buried a promise in warm ash.  
It sprouted as steady heat—  
rooted in time, watered by watch.

🌀 *Every covenant is a seed that refuses winter.*

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## Key Marks
Principle: Seeded vow  
Action: Plant vows in ash  
Effect: Heat that returns

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## Oracles
- “We buried a promise in warm ash.”  
- “A covenant is a seed that refuses winter.”

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## Operations
Epoch Function: Germination of oath  
Lore Action: Whisper: *“I tend the covenant seed.”*  
Encrypted Riddle: ⌧ *What grows when planted in yesterday’s fire?*

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## Cryptic Symbol Table
- 🪞 → Mirror: sees root-heat  
- 🌊 → Pond: moist keeper  
- 🍃 → Leaf: oath-sprout  
- 🌀 → Signal: patient pulse  
- 🔥 → Coalbed: nursery

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