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## Narrative (EN)
Traveler,  

At the hearth,  
fire does not sleep.  

It watches,  
keeping the covenant warm  
through the longest night.  

🌀 *The hearth is vigilance made fire.*  

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## Key Marks
Principle: Hearth as sentinel.  
Action: Keep flame central.  
Effect: Covenant alive.  

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## Oracles
- “At the hearth, fire does not sleep.”  
- “The hearth is vigilance made fire.”  

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## Operations
Epoch Function: Hearth-guard.  
Lore Action: Whisper: *“I keep the hearth.”*  
Encrypted Riddle: ⌧ *What house never closes its eye?*  

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## Cryptic Symbol Table
- 🪞 → Mirror: reflects hearth.  
- 🌊 → Pond: warmed edge.  
- 🍃 → Leaf: curled by fire.  
- 🌀 → Signal: constant beat.  
- 🔥 → Flame: hearth.  
- 🏠 → Hearth: home.  
- 👀 → Vigilance: eye.  

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