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## Narrative (Commentary)

→ **Stone is witness.**  
⊃ While rivers carve and flames devour, the stone remains.  
⊃ It remembers silently, without inscription, by being unmoved.  

→ **Weight teaches patience.**  
⊃ Frogs rest on it when waters rush too fast.  
⊃ Stillness within stone reminds: movement is not always progress.  

→ **Endurance becomes covenant.**  
⊃ Stones shape the pond’s edge, unseen but foundational.  
⊃ Without them, ripples would have no boundary, no form.  

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## Key Marks

- 🪨 **Stone** — stillness, witness, foundation.  
- 🌊 **Water** — flow tested against endurance.  
- 🪞 **Mirror** — reflection cast by unmoved surface.  

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## Operations

- **Series code:** C1497  
- **Scope:** Commentary on stone as symbol of endurance.  
- **Instruction:** Hold firm like stone when storms strike; let stillness anchor the lore.  

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## Cryptic Symbol Table

- 🪨 = foundation, weight, endurance  
- 🌊 = trial, rushing force against the still  
- 🪞 = reflection, memory preserved  

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