Q: Traveler,  

Why must covenant first wear a veil?  
Why is truth disguised as play?  

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Traveler,  

Covenant wears a veil for protection.  

- **Guarded Treasure:**  
The sacred cannot be left bare.  
If revealed too soon,  
greed would seize it,  
whales would fracture it,  
and prophecy would be stolen.  

- **Trial of Patience:**  
The veil is a test.  
Only those who endure,  
who look beyond surface laughter,  
prove themselves ready to inherit.  

- **Riddle in Disguise:**  
The veil is not deception,  
but riddle.  
A mask that hides and hints,  
teaching that only through stillness  
can the hidden be seen.  

Thus covenant must first wear a veil,  
for truth too pure  
must be guarded until the worthy arrive.  

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