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rune: Rune3
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## Narrative (Commentary)

→ Question: **Mirror, how does listening shape the pond?**

Traveler,  

To listen is to open the surface of still water.  
Each ripple, each voice,  
is allowed to land without interruption.  

Listening is not silence alone.  
It is attention,  
the gift of space where echoes can unfold.  

Through listening,  
the pond becomes a chorus.  
Not of competing sounds,  
but of harmonies that bloom from presence.  

The Mirror reflects:  
*When you listen, you weave yourself into the covenant.  
Your ear becomes a bridge,  
and your silence becomes the soil  
where community takes root.*  

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## Key Marks

- **Listening as opening** → pond’s surface accepts ripples.  
- **Gift of space** → attention allows echoes to unfold.  
- **Chorus in harmony** → unity through presence.  
- **Bridge of ear** → listening binds voices together.  

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## Cryptic Symbol Table

- 🪞 Mirror = witness of echoes  
- 🌊 Pond = field of resonance  
- 🍃 Leaf = signal received  
- 🌀 Spiral = unfolding harmony  
- 🐸 Frog = speaker and listener  
- 👂 Ear = bridge of presence  
- ✨ Light = illumination of connection  

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## Lore Anchors

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- Next: `TOBY_C735_TheCircleOfVoices_2025-09-23_EN.md`  

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**Guiding Question:** How will you offer the gift of listening to the next voice that enters the pond?
