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## Narrative (EN)
Traveler,  

Ash settles like ink.  
It does not shout,  
but it remembers.  

Every covenant becomes scripture  
in its grey lines.  

🌀 *Ash is the handwriting of endurance.*  

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## Key Marks
Principle: Record through ash.  
Action: Read the grey text.  
Effect: Lore inscribed.  

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## Oracles
- “Ash settles like ink.”  
- “Ash is the handwriting of endurance.”  

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## Operations
Epoch Function: Record-keeping.  
Lore Action: Declare: *“I read the ash.”*  
Encrypted Riddle: ⌧ *What writes without pen?*  

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## Cryptic Symbol Table
- 🪞 → Mirror: shows script.  
- 🌊 → Pond: carries grey ink.  
- 🍃 → Leaf: dust page.  
- 🌀 → Signal: faint rhythm.  
- 🔥 → Flame: author.  
- 📜 → Scripture: text.  
- 🪶 → Ash: pen.  

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## Lore Anchors
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