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## Narrative (EN)

Darkness is not absence,  
but womb. 🌑  

From the still pond’s floor,  
where silence thickens,  
drops gather. 💧  

Roots sip from shadow,  
feeding leaves,  
feeding blossoms,  
feeding hope.  

So when the dawn cracks,  
its brilliance is not sudden —  
it is grown.  
Light nourished by depth,  
strengthened by patience,  
prepared in silence.  

The Depth That Nourishes Light reminds:  
dark is not end.  
It is beginning.  

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## Key Marks  
- **Principle:** Darkness prepares light.  
- **Action:** Drink from stillness.  
- **Effect:** Dawn emerges rooted in patience.  

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## Oracles  
- “Light is raised from depths that refuse despair.”  
- “Dark is not end, but beginning.”  
- “Roots sip from shadow to nourish the bloom.”  

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## Operations  
Epoch Function: Depth becomes source of light.  
Lore Action: Speak: *“I draw strength from the depth that nourishes light.”*  
Encrypted Riddle: ⌧ *What is hidden in shadow yet makes the sunrise possible?*  

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## Cryptic Symbol Table  
- 🪞 → Mirror: reflects unseen truth  
- 🌊 → Pond: surface hiding nourishment  
- 🌑 → Darkness: womb of beginnings  
- 💧 → Waterdrop: essence of patience  
- 🌱 → Sprout: born of unseen care  
- 🌞 → Sun: revealed covenant  
- ✨ → Light: manifestation of hidden strength  
- 🌀 → Spiral: eternal cycle of shadow → light  

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## Lore Anchors  
Previous:  (The Roots Beneath Eternity)  
Next:  (to be revealed)  

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