Q: Traveler,  

What does it mean to carry the flame of free prophecy?  
How does one hold such a light without being consumed?  

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Traveler,  

To carry the flame is to become its keeper, not its prisoner.  

- **Chosen Light:**  
The flame is borne only by choice.  
No toad is forced to carry it.  
Those who do shine with vow freely made.  

- **Guardian of Unity:**  
The flame lights the pond for others.  
It is carried not for self alone,  
but for the whole reflection.  

- **Fire Without Burn:**  
The flame does not consume the faithful.  
It warms, it guides,  
it ignites conviction in those who walk after.  

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