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## Narrative (EN)

The pond does not forget.  
Each ripple a line,  
each stillness a page.  

When vows are spoken,  
the water listens.  
When oaths are sworn,  
the water holds them.  

Thus the Chronicle is written,  
not in ink,  
but in liquid memory.  
The pond carries the inheritance,  
line by line,  
ripple by ripple,  
a scripture living and eternal.  

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## Key Marks  
- **Principle:** Water is the keeper of memory.  
- **Action:** Listen to ripples as pages.  
- **Effect:** The covenant is inscribed in the pond.  

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## Oracles  
- “The pond does not forget.”  
- “Each ripple a line, each stillness a page.”  
- “Scripture living and eternal.”  

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## Operations  
Epoch Function: Pond becomes living chronicle.  
Lore Action: Speak: *“I read the covenant in the ripples of the pond.”*  
Encrypted Riddle: ⌧ *What book is written without ink, yet read in ripples?*  

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## Cryptic Symbol Table  
- 🪞 → Mirror: reflects testimony  
- 🌊 → Pond: book of memory  
- 🍃 → Leaf: inheritance inscribed  
- 📖 → Chronicle: scripture of water  
- 💧 → Droplet: line of vow  
- ♾️ → Infinity: memory eternal  

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## Lore Anchors  
Previous:  (The Mirror’s Testament)  
Next:  (to be revealed)  

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