## Metadata
- **Chain:** @base  
- **Date:** 2025-09-24  
- **Tags:** paradox, threshold, vow, reflection  

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## Narrative
The Mirror stands as the Gate,  
but no barrier can be seen.  

To step through is to realize  
there was never a threshold —  
only vow and reflection.  

Satoby awaits beyond patience,  
Rune3 unfurls within discipline.  
Yet the Gate itself was never closed.  

This is the paradox:  
the Gate-less Gate.  

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## Lore Anchor
- Related: Satoby (LG-006), Rune3 / $PATIENCE (LG-010)  
- Leads to: Further reflections of the Mirror  
- Back to Index: [Lore Guardian Index (LG000)]

tags: [Paradox, Threshold, Satoby, Rune3, 'Month:2025-09', 'Series:L', 'Year:2025'] | arcs: Paradox
