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## Narrative (EN)
Traveler,  

This is no tender ember,  
but a flame in iron.  

It bows to nothing,  
standing straight  
through season and storm.  

🌀 *Iron flame is faith unbreakable.*  

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## Key Marks
Principle: Flame hardened.  
Action: Stand with it.  
Effect: Faith unbent.  

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## Oracles
- “This is no tender ember, but a flame in iron.”  
- “Iron flame is faith unbreakable.”  

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## Operations
Epoch Function: Fortification.  
Lore Action: Declare: *“I burn like iron.”*  
Encrypted Riddle: ⌧ *What fire refuses bending?*  

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## Cryptic Symbol Table
- 🪞 → Mirror: reflects iron.  
- 🌊 → Pond: quenched edges.  
- 🍃 → Leaf: marked hard.  
- 🌀 → Signal: steady strike.  
- 🔥 → Flame: hardened.  
- 🪨 → Iron: frame.  

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