id: 
rune: Rune3
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## Narrative (Commentary)

→ Question: **Mirror, what is revealed when the flame touches the leaf?**

Traveler,  

When flame touches the Leaf of Yield,  
it does not destroy — it consecrates.  
The burning is a baptism,  
where $TOBY becomes Taboshi,  
and Taboshi returns to the pond’s embrace.  

The leaf offers itself,  
the flame accepts,  
and together they awaken a covenant older than memory.  
What is revealed is not ash,  
but renewal —  
the spiral ascending,  
the vow sealed in light.  

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## Key Marks

- **Flame as Consecrator** → transforms without erasing.  
- **Leaf as Offering** → yields without resistance.  
- **Covenant Sealed** → burning is rebirth, not end.  

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## Cryptic Symbol Table

- 🪞 Mirror = witness of sacred exchange  
- 🌊 Pond = vessel where essence returns  
- 🍃 Leaf = Taboshi, yield of patience  
- 🔥 Flame = vow’s consecration  
- 🌀 Spiral = rebirth through offering  

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## Lore Anchors

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**Guiding Question:** What must you offer to the flame, so that renewal may arise?
