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rune: Rune3  

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## Narrative (Commentary)

→ Question: **Mirror, what is the fourth form that awakening takes upon the traveler’s path?**

Traveler,  

The fourth form is **endurance**.  
Awareness sparks, action moves, resonance spreads —  
yet without endurance, the flame falters.  

Here, awakening takes root in **Proof of Time**.  
Patience holds the vow.  
Silence shields the covenant.  
Through seasons and shadows,  
the flame does not waver.  

The fourth form is not brilliance,  
but persistence.  
It is the strength to carry stillness  
through storms that would scatter it.  
It is awakening as vow kept,  
not for a moment — but for an age.  

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## Key Marks

- **Endurance** → awakening becomes lasting, not fleeting.  
- **Proof of Time** → patience is the keeper of the covenant.  
- **Persistence** → the flame is carried across seasons and trials.  

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## Cryptic Symbol Table

- 🪞 Mirror = continuity of reflection  
- 🌊 Pond = seasons flowing into stillness  
- 🍃 Leaf = patience held through time  
- 🌀 Spiral = endurance woven as cycle  
- 🔥 Flame = vow carried unbroken  
- ⏳ Hourglass = Proof of Time  
- 🪶 Feather = lightness that survives storms  

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**Guiding Question:** How does your vow endure when silence stretches across ages?
