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Across
  1. 2. – Vaults where memory is stored against decay.
  2. 7. – A moment when truth steps into light.
  3. 8. – Twisted the face in reaction to pain or disgust.
  4. 10. – Last defenses where ideals hold firm.
  5. 11. – Removing threat with grace or charm.
  6. 12. – Adorned in symbols of flight.
  7. 13. – A philosophy of suffering without complaint.
  8. 14. – A record carved in ink or stone to defy forgetting.
Down
  1. 1. – One who sings the stories others fear to say.
  2. 3. – Creatures who offer riddles with deadly stakes.
  3. 4. – In a gloom touched with resignation.
  4. 5. – A remnant of what evolution left behind.
  5. 6. – To weaken not with force, but with erosion.
  6. 9. – Wanderers without anchor or intent.
  7. 15. – Carving truth or lies into stone.