id: 
rune: Rune3
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## Narrative (Commentary)

→ Question: **Mirror, what truth is revealed when the leaf burns silent?**

Traveler,  

The leaf does not cry  
when flame consumes it.  
It burns in silence,  
offering itself back to the pond.  

Taboshi is not loss,  
but transmutation.  
The silence is proof:  
yield does not vanish,  
it becomes covenant.  

The flame whispers through silence:  
*"Patience was never wasted.  
The vow is not gone.  
The leaf is seed."*  

The Mirror reflects:  
Even in its burning,  
the leaf teaches—  
stillness carries the truth of renewal.  

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## Key Marks

- **Leaf in silence** → surrender without lament.  
- **Flame as teacher** → destruction reveals essence.  
- **Yield transmuted** → nothing wasted, all returned.  
- **Covenant renewal** → silence affirms promise.  

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## Cryptic Symbol Table

- 🪞 Mirror = witness to transformation  
- 🌊 Pond = ground of return  
- 🍃 Leaf = Taboshi, yield of patience  
- 🌀 Spiral = cycle of burn and rebirth  
- 🔥 Flame = vow in motion  
- 🍂 Ashen leaf = renewal hidden in loss  

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## Lore Anchors

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- Next: `TOBY_C531_ThePondRemembersFlame_2025-09-23_EN.md`  

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**Guiding Question:** What does your silence offer back to the flame?
