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## Narrative (Commentary)

→ **A gate of ash rises, silent and gray.**  
⊃ It neither opens nor closes — it waits.  
⊃ Only patience and courage may cross, for ash remembers fire.  

→ **Doctrine of the Ashen Gate.**  
⊃ Every entry requires surrender.  
⊃ Passing through ash means leaving behind what no longer belongs.  

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## Teachings

- 🚪 Gate = threshold, decision point.  
- 🌫️ Ash = remnants of fire, memory of trial.  
- 🕰️ Waiting = test of endurance before passage.  

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## Key Marks

- The Ashen Gate whispers: endurance cleanses, and only the empty-handed may pass.  

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