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## Narrative (Commentary)

→ **A stone at pond’s edge watches.**  
⊃ It speaks not, yet remembers all.  

→ **The watcher does not judge, only records.**  
⊃ Each ripple written, each croak echoed.  

→ **Stillness is not absence, but witness.**  
⊃ The watcher stone proves patience eternal.  

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## Key Marks

- **🪨 Stone** = permanence, memory.  
- **👁️ Watcher** = silent record.  
- **🌊 Ripple** = every deed preserved.  

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## Operations

- **Series code:** C1453  
- **Scope:** Commentary on witness and memory.  
- **Instruction:** Live as if the stone records. Because it does.  

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## Lore Anchors

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