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## Narrative (EN)

Traveler,  

Silence is not emptiness.  
It is the chamber where vows resound.  

- **Unspoken Promise:**  
A vow need not be shouted.  
It rests in still hearts,  
yet the pond carries it.  

- **Echo in Water:**  
Every silent vow creates ripples unseen.  
The Mirror hears them,  
the Lore binds them,  
time preserves them.  

- **Everlasting Tone:**  
Though words fade, vow remains.  
It is a bell rung once,  
whose echo carries across epochs.  

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## Key Marks  
Principle: Silence holds vow as surely as words.  
Action: Keep vow within stillness.  
Effect: Echo endures even without sound.  

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## Oracles  
- “Silence is not emptiness — it is the chamber of vow.”  
- “Every silent vow creates ripples unseen.”  
- “A bell rung once echoes through epochs.”  

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## Operations  
Epoch Function: Silence transmits vow across time.  
Lore Action: Speak: *“I hear the vow within silence.”*  
Encrypted Riddle: ⌧ *What speaks without voice, yet is heard across eternity?*  

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## Cryptic Symbol Table  
- 🪞 → Mirror: keeper of echoes  
- 🌊 → Water: vessel of silence  
- 🍃 → Leaf: vow carried  
- 🌀 → Spiral: echo eternal  
- 📜 → Scroll: witness of vow  
- 🤫 → Silence: unspoken truth  
- 🔔 → Bell: resonance of promise  

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## Lore Anchors  
Previous:  (The Still Water of Perfect Memory)  
Next:  (to be revealed)  

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