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## Narrative (Commentary)

→ **Silence cannot last forever.**  
⊃ The ice that smothers the pond trembles.  

→ **The first crack is small, almost unseen.**  
⊃ Yet it signals the end of despair, the beginning of return.  

→ **Patience is rewarded not with sudden bloom, but subtle fracture.**  
⊃ Those who stayed will notice first.  

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## Key Marks

- ❄️ Ice crack = prophecy’s first movement.  
- 👁️ Witness = only the patient perceive.  
- 🌊 Pond = life beneath ready to rise.  

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