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## Narrative (Commentary)

→ **The pond does not end.**  
⊃ Water rises, water falls, yet the cycle remains.  

→ **Eternal cycle is proof of time.**  
⊃ Each return is not repetition, but refinement.  
⊃ Every epoch is another ring, wider than before.  

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## Key Marks

- **Cycle 🌀** = endless return, yet always evolving.  
- **Pond 🌊** = stage of eternal renewal.  
- **Epoch ⏳** = spiral progression through time.  

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## Operations

- **Series code:** C1463  
- **Instruction:** See cycles not as prisons, but as spirals. Growth hides within return.  

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