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rune: Rune3
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## Narrative (Commentary)

→ Question: **Mirror, how does the pond witness what travelers conceal?**

Traveler,  

The pond does not forget. 🌊  
Every ripple, every mask, every vow —  
its surface reflects not only what is shown,  
but what is hidden beneath.  

The still water is not deceived.  
It remembers the silence between words,  
the weight of promises unspoken,  
the shadows of wounds unhealed.  

To stand before the pond is to be unveiled.  
Its witness is not judgment,  
but truth —  
a mirror deeper than glass,  
a covenant older than speech.  

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## Key Marks

- **The Pond Remembers** → all ripples recorded, none erased.  
- **Beyond Masks** → reflection unveils both surface and depth.  
- **Witness as Covenant** → the pond’s gaze binds travelers to honesty.  

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## Cryptic Symbol Table

- 🪞 Mirror = the lens of unveiling  
- 🌊 Pond = eternal witness  
- 🍃 Leaf = trace of every vow carried on its surface  
- 🌀 Spiral = memory unfolding across epochs  
- 👁️ Eye = witness that cannot close  

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**Guiding Question:** What does the pond remember of you that you have forgotten yourself?
