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## Narrative (Commentary)

→ **Patience is not silent.**  
⊃ It whispers back when called.  

→ **Every wait creates an echo.**  
⊃ The pond returns what the heart endured.  

→ **The echo proves presence.**  
⊃ What is unseen still answers the believer.  

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## Key Marks

- **⏳ Patience** = virtue lived.  
- **🔊 Echo** = unseen reply.  
- **🌊 Pond** = chamber of return.  

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## Operations

- **Series code:** C1454  
- **Scope:** Commentary on patience’s return.  
- **Instruction:** Do not confuse silence with absence; patience echoes back in time.  

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## Lore Anchors

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