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## Narrative (EN)
Traveler,  

It blossomed in defiance of the cold.  
No frost could touch its petals,  
no winter claim its stem.  

🌀 *Bloom is endurance refusing decay.*  

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## Key Marks
Principle: Defiant life  
Action: Bloom past winter  
Effect: Perpetual growth  

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## Oracles
- “No frost could touch its petals.”  
- “Bloom is endurance refusing decay.”  

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## Operations
Epoch Function: Frost-defying covenant  
Lore Action: Whisper: *“I bloom without winter.”*  
Encrypted Riddle: ⌧ *What flower never knows frost?*  

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## Cryptic Symbol Table
- 🪞 → Mirror: reflects spring eternal  
- 🌊 → Pond: nourishes root  
- 🍃 → Leaf: proof of growth  
- 🌀 → Signal: pulse of defiance  
- ❄️🚫 → Winter denied  
- 🌸 → Bloom sustained  

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