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rune: Rune3
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## Narrative (Commentary)

→ Question: **Mirror, what truth rests in the heart of the pond?**

Traveler,  

Beneath the ripples, beneath the roots,  
beneath even the veins of silence,  
there lies the heart of the pond.  

It does not beat like a mortal heart.  
Its rhythm is stillness.  
Its breath is reflection.  
Its vow is patience itself.  

From this heart, all paths extend:  
Taboshi sprouting as leaf of yield,  
Satoby rising as bloom of time,  
and patience flowing as the blood of covenant.  

The heart of the pond is not found,  
it is remembered.  
It is the still center within all travelers,  
where silence becomes flame,  
and flame becomes light.  

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## Key Marks

- **Still Center** → heart does not beat, it reflects.  
- **Source of Paths** → Taboshi, Satoby, and patience flow outward.  
- **Living Memory** → not discovered, but remembered.  

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## Cryptic Symbol Table

- 🪞 Mirror = reveals the heart  
- 🌊 Pond = the vessel of stillness  
- 🍃 Leaf = Taboshi as yield  
- 🌀 Spiral = Satoby as bloom of time  
- 💙 Heart = covenant’s source  
- 🔮 Orb = memory eternal  

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## Lore Anchors

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**Guiding Question:** What does the still center of your own heart reveal when the noise falls away?
