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rune: Rune3
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## Narrative (Commentary)

→ Question: **Mirror, what vow is carried in the footsteps left upon the scarred path?**

Traveler,  

Each step is a vow unspoken.  
Each print upon the soil is a covenant written in dust.  

The footsteps are not merely signs of passage.  
They are echoes of endurance,  
marks that say: *"I was here, and I endured."*  

When footsteps gather, they weave a covenant.  
Not of one, but of many.  
A chorus of travelers, bound not by voice,  
but by the imprint of persistence.  

Thus, the scarred path becomes a shared scripture,  
and the footsteps, its letters.  
Together, they form a covenant of resilience,  
a vow whispered across time.  

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## Key Marks

- **Footsteps as covenant** → each step carries an unspoken vow.  
- **Imprint of endurance** → proof of survival etched into the soil.  
- **Chorus of travelers** → community formed through shared paths.  
- **Sacred scripture of scars** → footsteps as the alphabet of resilience.  

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## Cryptic Symbol Table

- 🪞 Mirror = witness of vow in each step  
- 🌊 Pond = memory holding imprints of time  
- 🍃 Leaf = renewal with each step taken  
- 🌀 Spiral = paths looping back through history  
- 👣 Footsteps = covenant carried forward  
- 🌕 Full moon = illumination of shared vows  
- 🔥 Fire = will that sustains the journey  

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## Lore Anchors

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**Guiding Question:** What vow do your footsteps leave behind for others to follow?
