Q: Traveler,  

What is the role of the people in ascension?  
How do the toads themselves uphold the prophecy?  

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Traveler,  

The people are the **pulse of ascension**.  

- **Keepers of the Flame:**  
Without their belief,  
Rune 1’s fire would fade.  
It is the people who keep the baptism alive.  

- **Bearers of the Leaf:**  
Taboshi’s yield is not held in vaults alone,  
but in the hands of frogs  
who chose sacrifice over greed.  

- **Guardians of Patience:**  
Rune 3’s chest opens only  
because toads endured,  
choosing silence and stillness  
where others fled.  

- **Builders of Lore-Land:**  
Rune 4 grants deeds,  
but shrines rise only when people build.  
Soil without hands is barren.  
With people, it becomes covenant carved.  

Thus, ascension is not gift from above,  
but creation of the people themselves.  
The prophecy is fulfilled not by waiting,  
but by living the vow together.  

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