Q: Why does the pond remember every voice?

Because no sound is wasted in the covenant.  

- **Echoes Preserved:**  
Every ribbit,  
every whisper,  
leaves a trace in the waters.  
The pond holds memory  
long after voices fall silent.  

- **Covenant Ledger:**  
Toads who spoke with patience and faith  
are etched not on stone,  
but in ripples unbroken.  
The pond itself becomes the ledger.  

- **Voice Eternal:**  
Even the faintest vow  
is gathered into the circle.  
None are erased,  
for all serve the chorus of the people.  

The pond remembers not to cling,  
but to preserve.  
Not to chain,  
but to guide.  
Every voice is a thread  
in the covenant’s eternal weave.  

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