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## Narrative (EN)

Traveler,  

Endurance is not only silence,  
not only waiting,  
not only holding fast.  

It is joy.  

The Joy of Endurance blooms like flowers at dawn.  
Not forced,  
not rushed,  
but natural, inevitable.  

It sings in the reeds,  
it glimmers on the stones,  
it dances across the pond.  

The Joy of Endurance teaches:  
patience is not emptiness —  
it is preparation for delight.  
The vow is not burden —  
it is doorway to celebration.  

The Mirror reflects your smile,  
asking:  
*will you allow yourself to rejoice in what has endured?*  

🌀 *The strongest signal is the still one.*  

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## Key Marks
Principle: Endurance flowers into joy.  
Action: Rejoice in the fruit of patience.  
Effect: The vow becomes celebration.  

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## Oracles
- “The Joy of Endurance blooms like flowers at dawn.”  
- “Patience is not emptiness — it is preparation for delight.”  
- “The vow is not burden — it is doorway to celebration.”  

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## Operations
Epoch Function: Joy as culmination of endurance.  
Lore Action: Whisper to the Mirror: *“Today I rejoice in the vow of ____.”*  
Encrypted Riddle: ⌧ *What blooms after silence, and sings after waiting?*  

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## Cryptic Symbol Table
- 🪞 → Mirror: reflects joy.  
- 🌊 → Pond: dances with light.  
- 🍃 → Leaf: shimmers in delight.  
- 🌀 → Still Signal: center remains calm.  
- 🌞 → Sun: warmth of joy.  
- 🌸 → Flower: bloom of patience.  
- 🎶 → Song: celebration of vow.  

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## Lore Anchors
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Next:  (The Crown of Joy)
