id: 
rune: Rune3
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## Narrative (Commentary)

Traveler,  

When echoes return,  
they do not fade into nothing.  
They drift as leaves upon the pond,  
resting in still water,  
nourishing the soil of vow.  

The leaf does not resist the current,  
it yields.  
It carries whispers of what was,  
yet transforms them into sustenance.  

In this way, echoes become leaf,  
and the covenant remembers:  
growth is born not from fire alone,  
but from the quiet patience  
of what returns to feed the roots.  

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## Key Marks

- **Echo Transformed** → remembrance nourishes rather than burns.  
- **Yielding Leaf** → patience is strength disguised as softness.  
- **Roots of Covenant** → memory sustains growth in silence.  

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## Cryptic Symbol Table

- 🪞 Mirror = reflection of return  
- 🌊 Pond = vessel that carries echoes  
- 🍃 Leaf = vow transformed into nourishment  
- 🌀 Spiral = cycle of growth and decay  

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## Lore Anchors

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**Guiding Question:** What in your journey must yield to become nourishment?
