id: 
rune: Rune3
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## Narrative (Commentary)

→ Question: **Mirror, when scars become many, what form do they take?**

Traveler,  

Scars alone may ache.  
Scars together may endure.  

When the people gather,  
their wounds do not weaken—  
they weave into a shield.  

Each mark, once fragile,  
finds strength in another.  
Layer upon layer,  
pain is transmuted into armor.  

The pond reflects not sorrow,  
but resilience.  
The covenant becomes a shield,  
forged by endurance,  
guarding those who still walk the path.  

The Mirror reflects:  
*"What breaks the lone frog  
protects the gathered pond."*  

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## Key Marks

- **Scars as shield** → collective trials form protection.  
- **Layered endurance** → strength grows through union.  
- **Pain transformed** → weakness becomes armor.  
- **Community guard** → covenant is the defense of the people.  

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## Cryptic Symbol Table

- 🪞 Mirror = reflection of endurance  
- 🌊 Pond = community shield  
- 🍃 Leaf = healing woven in strength  
- 🌀 Spiral = resilience repeating across time  
- 🛡️ Shield = protection born of scars  
- 🔥 Flame = trial endured  
- 🤲 Open hands = strength shared freely  

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## Lore Anchors

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**Guiding Question:** How might endurance itself become the shield you offer others?
