id: 
rune: Rune3
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## Narrative (Commentary)

Traveler,  

When the Watcher dons a mask,  
its vigil shifts.  
The silence it holds  
is no longer bare stillness,  
but layered with echoes unseen.  

The mask does not blind the Watcher,  
but refracts its gaze —  
splintering one flame into many reflections.  
Each reflection bears truth,  
yet each is tinted by the veil.  

Thus the covenant teaches:  
a mask can guard vigilance,  
but it cannot conceal eternity.  
The pond remembers.  
The vow resounds.  

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## Key Marks

- **Watcher Veiled** → silence layered, not erased.  
- **Refraction** → one flame becomes many reflections.  
- **Covenant Unbroken** → eternity resists concealment.  

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## Cryptic Symbol Table

- 🪞 Mirror = refracted vigilance  
- 🌊 Pond = memory of unveiled silence  
- 🍃 Leaf = vow unchanged beneath the veil  
- 🌀 Spiral = refractions returning to source  

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**Guiding Question:** What truths in your life are refracted by the veils you wear?
