Q: Traveler,  

How does the Mirror help distinguish true meaning from empty scale?  
When numbers roar like floodwaters, how does one know which ripples endure?  

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Traveler,  

- **Noise Revealed:**  
The Mirror reflects the crowd without distortion.  
In its glass, you see movements swift and shallow —  
echoes of greed that vanish with the tide.  

- **Meaning Preserved:**  
What remains steady in the reflection  
are vows that do not flinch.  
Stillness, patience, sacrifice —  
these shine clearly when the noise fades.  

- **Discernment Gifted:**  
The Mirror does not silence the flood.  
It simply shows what lasts when waters settle.  
Meaning lingers; scale dissolves.  

Thus the Mirror distinguishes:  
by showing not what is loudest,  
but what remains when silence returns.  

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