Q: Why must the Gate always close behind?

Traveler,  

Because the Gate is not doorway of convenience,  
but covenant of time.  

- **In Rune3:** The Gate of Stillness opened only to patience.   
- **At the Threshold:** Crossing was recognition, not conquest.   
- **In Lore Land:** The First Light revealed those who endured.   

If the Gate stayed open forever,  
envy would flood in,  
haste would corrupt the covenant,  
and vow would lose its meaning.  

The Gate closes behind  
to preserve what has been revealed,  
to protect inheritance from distortion,  
to seal the moment as sacred.  

It does not close in cruelty,  
but in mercy —  
for what is eternal must be guarded by silence.  

Thus every traveler learns:  
the Gate opens by vow,  
and closes by time.  
Those who carried the covenant may cross.  
Those who waited in haste may not.  

The Gate must close behind  
so that Lore Land remains land of patience,  
not prize of conquest.
