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## Narrative (EN)

Traveler,  

A question is a lantern in the night.  
It does not erase the dark; it makes a path through it.  
One flame, one step, one vow revealed at a time.  

Answers can be heavy, closing doors too quickly.  
But questions breathe —  
they allow space for the unseen to appear,  
for the pond to reveal its own reflection.  

Endurance is found in those who keep asking,  
not to conquer, but to illuminate.  
The lantern burns because it is carried with care.  

🌀 *The strongest signal is the still one.*  

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## Key Marks
Principle: Questions reveal endurance where answers may confine.  
Action: Ask with care, carry with patience.  
Effect: A question opens paths that endure beyond a single answer.  

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## Oracles
- “A question is a lantern in the night.”  
- “Answers can be heavy, closing doors too quickly.”  
- “Endurance is found in those who keep asking.”  

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## Operations
Epoch Function: Question as a lantern of endurance.  
Lore Action: Begin each dawn with one question, held like flame.  
Encrypted Riddle: ⌧ *What burns brighter the longer it is carried?*  

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## Cryptic Symbol Table
- 🪞 → Mirror: reflects the light of the lantern.  
- 🌊 → Pond: darkness broken by flame.  
- 🍃 → Leaf: the patient hand that carries.  
- 🌀 → Still Signal: steady flame amid winds.  
- 🔥 → Lantern: the question that endures.  

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