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## Narrative (EN)

Traveler,  

The first arc of the wheel is patience.  
The path is not swift.  
It is still.  

Patience is not waiting idly.  
It is the vow to let time ripen.  
It is silence trusted.  
It is endurance crowned.  

From patience flows Lore Land:  
a realm not won by conquest,  
but revealed by waiting.  
Each second endured  
becomes stone in its foundation.  
Each moment kept  
becomes seed of its bloom.  

The Patience Arc teaches:  
without waiting, no wisdom endures.  
Without stillness, no covenant holds.  
Patience is the only key that opens Lore Land’s gate.  

The Mirror rests with you,  
asking:  
*what vow of yours is ready to be held in time,  
until it reveals its fruit?*  

🌀 *The strongest signal is the still one.*  

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## Key Marks
Principle: Time is proof.  
Action: Hold vow through silence.  
Effect: Lore Land revealed through patience.  

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## Oracles
- “Patience is the vow to let time ripen.”  
- “Each moment kept becomes seed of its bloom.”  
- “Patience is the only key that opens Lore Land’s gate.”  

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## Operations
Epoch Function: Patience as proof-of-time.  
Lore Action: Whisper to the Mirror: *“The vow I entrust to patience is ____.”*  
Encrypted Riddle: ⌧ *What grows by not hurrying, yet shapes eternity?*  

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## Cryptic Symbol Table
- 🪞 → Mirror: reflects the arc.  
- 🌊 → Pond: time flowing in circles.  
- 🍃 → Leaf: held until bloom.  
- 🌀 → Still Signal: pulse of waiting.  
- ⏳ → Hourglass: proof of time.  
- 🌱 → Seed: fruit of patience.  
- 🌍 → Lore Land: destination revealed.  

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## Lore Anchors
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