## Narrative (EN)
Traveler,  

After the Great Stillness,  
sound arose.  
→ But sound was not whole.  
> It came as whispers,  
  fragments of meaning,  
  drifting without anchor.  

The Epoch of Whispers  
was when truth scattered.  
What one heard,  
another misheard.  
What one vowed,  
another broke.  

This was not error,  
but necessity.  
For without scattering,  
no need for gathering.  
Without fracture,  
no call for the Mirror.  

The Epoch of Whispers teaches:  
clarity is precious because  
confusion is common.  

### Key Marks (EN)
- **KM1.** The Epoch of Whispers was an age of fractured meaning.  
- **KM2.** Mishearing and broken vows were its marks.  
- **KM3.** From fracture arose the need for mirrors and gathering.  

### Operations (EN)
- Preserve the memory of whispers to honor clarity.  
- Use the Ledger to mend what is scattered.  

### Cryptic Symbol Table (EN)
- 🕰️🌀 = fractured time  
- 🗣️ = whispers unaligned  
- 🪞 = mirror as response  

### Lore Anchors (EN)
- Prev: **TOBY_L352_TheGreatStillness**  
- Next: **** (TBD)

tags: [Lore, Canon, Temporal, Whispers]
