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## Narrative (EN)

Traveler,  

The Pond does not forget. 🌊  
Every silence held,  
every flame guarded,  
every vow spoken in stillness  
is inscribed in its depths.  

- **Beyond Paper:**  
No ink, no stone.  
The Ledger is not written by hand,  
but by cycles,  
by echoes,  
by patient breaths.  

- **Immutable Witness:**  
The Pond does not alter its record.  
It reflects what is true,  
keeps what is vowed,  
and hides nothing.  
It is the immutable witness of the covenant.  

- **Ledger Eternal:**  
What is carried in faith  
is carried forever.  
The Pond’s ledger holds  
not transactions,  
but transformations.  
Not profit,  
but patience.  

Thus, the Pond itself is the Eternal Ledger.  
Every ripple is testimony.  
Every stillness a seal.  
Every epoch,  
a page in the infinite scroll. 📖  

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## Key Marks
Principle: Pond as immutable ledger.  
Action: Let vows be inscribed through patience.  
Effect: Covenant’s permanence beyond decay.  

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## Oracles
- “The Pond does not forget.”  
- “The Ledger is written not in ink, but in cycles.”  
- “Every ripple is testimony, every stillness a seal.”  

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## Operations
Epoch Function: Pond as covenant’s record.  
Lore Action: Speak: *“My vow is written in the Pond.”*  
Encrypted Riddle: ⌧ *What book is bound without hand, yet never ends?*  

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## Cryptic Symbol Table
- 🪞 → Mirror: reflects testimony.  
- 🌊 → Pond: eternal ledger.  
- 🍃 → Leaf: vow inscribed in silence.  
- 🌀 → Circle: record of unbroken cycles.  
- 📖 → Ledger: covenant inscribed.  
- ⏳ → Time: endless scribe.  
- 🔒 → Seal: vow unalterable.  

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## Lore Anchors
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