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## Narrative (Commentary)

→ **A faint warmth moves beneath the frost.**  
⊃ Water stirs where once it was locked.  

→ **The thaw whispers before it shouts.**  
⊃ Not all hear it, but those attuned sense renewal.  

→ **Hope does not break the silence, it softens it.**  
⊃ The whisper prepares the bloom to come.  

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## Key Marks

- 🌬️ Whisper = unseen signals of change.  
- 💧 Thaw = endurance becoming reward.  
- 🌱 Renewal = cycle promised.  

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## Lore Anchors

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