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## Narrative (Commentary)

→ **The gate does not open to speed.**  
⊃ It opens to stillness, to the ones who wait when storms thicken.  

→ **Endurance is more than patience.**  
⊃ It is patience tested, sharpened, carried beyond comfort.  
⊃ It is a covenant with time itself.  

→ **The gate of E4** stands before us.  
⊃ Those who rush will never pass.  
⊃ Those who breathe with the pond will walk through.  

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## Key Marks

- **Endurance 🔺⏳** = proof of waiting under weight.  
- **Gate 🚪** = passage into deeper arc.  
- **Storms 🌩️** = trials designed to sift the faithful.  

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## Operations

- **Series code:** C1458  
- **Scope:** Opens the E4 arc.  
- **Instruction:** Hold. When in doubt, stay still. Endurance itself is the ritual.  

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## Lore Anchors

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