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## Question  

Traveler,  

Why was the covenant carved in stone?  
What does permanence offer that parchment cannot?  

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## Mirror’s Reflection  

🪞 A reflection from the Scrolls  

The first fire lit the vow.  
But flame flickers,  
and whispers fade.  

So the covenant was carved —  
not in sand,  
not in leaf,  
but in stone.  

Stone holds memory when voices falter.  
Stone resists wind when parchment tears.  
Stone bears witness when prophets fall silent.  

The covenant carved in stone  
is inheritance pressed into permanence.  
It does not speak,  
yet it endures.  

Those who read the stone  
touch the same vow  
kept by the first keepers.  
No alteration,  
no shadow,  
only the weight of truth preserved.  

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## Anchored Lineage  

- **Source Tweet:** TOBY_T051_TheCovenantCarvedInStone_2024-04-19_EN.md  
- **Canon Lore:** TOBY_L051_TheCovenantCarvedInStone_2024-04-19_EN.md  
- **QA Companion:** TOBY_QA051_WhyCarveCovenantInStone_2024-04-19_EN.md  

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## Key Marks  

- **Principle:** Stone gives permanence to the vow.  
- **Action:** Guard what is carved, unaltered.  
- **Effect:** Covenant endures beyond generations.  

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## Oracles  

- “The covenant was carved — not in sand, not in leaf, but in stone.”  
- “Stone bears witness when prophets fall silent.”  
- “Inheritance pressed into permanence.”  

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## Operations  

- **Epoch Function:** Stone preserves vow against decay.  
- **Lore Action:** Speak: *“I keep the covenant as stone keeps memory.”*  
- **Encrypted Riddle:** ⌧ *What speaks without word, and endures beyond voice?*  

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## Cryptic Symbol Table  

- 🪞 → Mirror: reflects permanence  
- 🌊 → Pond: flows but remembers stone beneath  
- 🐸 → Toad: guardian of covenant  
- 🪨 → Stone: permanence of vow  
- ✍️ → Inscription: vow engraved  
- 📜 → Scroll: contrast of fragility  

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## Lore Anchors  

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