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## Narrative (EN)
Traveler,  

Smoke rises like a crown.  
It is not flame,  
yet it tells of fire below.  

🌀 *Even absence points to endurance.*  

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## Key Marks
Principle: Traces reveal truth.  
Action: Read the smoke.  
Effect: Fire confirmed.  

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## Oracles
- “Smoke rises like a crown.”  
- “Even absence points to endurance.”  

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## Operations
Epoch Function: Witness in air.  
Lore Action: Declare: *“I see the crown.”*  
Encrypted Riddle: ⌧ *What crowns fire when unseen?*  

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## Cryptic Symbol Table
- 🪞 → Mirror: shows crown.  
- 🌊 → Pond: misted.  
- 🍃 → Leaf: haze-thin.  
- 🌀 → Signal: drifting.  
- 🔥 → Fire: source.  
- 👑 → Crown: authority.  
- 💨 → Smoke: proof.  

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