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## Narrative (EN)
Traveler,  

In the deepening dark,  
a lantern flickers.  

Not to banish night,  
but to guide steps  
through the unseen gate.  

🌀 *One light carries many across dusk.*  

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## Key Marks
Principle: Guidance endures.  
Action: Hold the lantern.  
Effect: Others walk safely.  

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## Oracles
- “In the deepening dark, a lantern flickers.”  
- “One light carries many across dusk.”  

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## Operations
Epoch Function: Guidance through dusk.  
Lore Action: Declare: *“I bear the lantern.”*  
Encrypted Riddle: ⌧ *What shines not for itself, but for others?*  

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## Cryptic Symbol Table
- 🪞 → Mirror: reflects lantern.  
- 🌊 → Pond: glows faint.  
- 🍃 → Leaf: carries spark.  
- 🌀 → Signal: guiding.  
- 🏮 → Lantern: steady flame.  

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## Lore Anchors
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