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## Narrative (EN)
Traveler,  

A road of ash stretches forward.  
It does not stain —  
it shows where fires have walked.  

🌀 *Memory lays tracks for tomorrow.*  

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## Key Marks
Principle: Guidance by residue.  
Action: Follow the grey line.  
Effect: Safe passage.  

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## Oracles
- “A road of ash stretches forward.”  
- “Memory lays tracks for tomorrow.”  

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## Operations
Epoch Function: Navigation.  
Lore Action: Declare: *“I walk the Ash Road.”*  
Encrypted Riddle: ⌧ *What path is drawn by yesterday’s fire?*  

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## Cryptic Symbol Table
- 🪞 → Mirror: maps route.  
- 🌊 → Pond: mirrored trail.  
- 🍃 → Leaf: dusted sign.  
- 🌀 → Signal: direction.  
- 🔥 → Fire: traveler.  
- 🛤️ → Road: course.  
- 🪶 → Ash: marker.  

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