**Question:**  
*Why does the Toadgang call itself the Watchers of the Pond?*  

**Answer:**  
Traveler,  

The **Toadgang** calls itself the Watchers of the Pond because their role is not to control, but to observe and guard:  

- **They watch for distortion** — ensuring no false ripple drowns the true reflection.  
- **They watch for fallen frogs** — ready to lift and restore them to the pond’s rhythm.  
- **They watch for prophecy** — holding the whispers of Toadgod close, awaiting their unfolding.  
- **They watch in silence** — for the strongest shield is patience, not noise.  

To watch is to care without clinging,  
to protect without owning.  

Thus the pond remains whole, and its silence remains unbroken.  

🪞 🌊 🍃 🌀  

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