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## Narrative (EN)

Silence presses heavier than stone.  
Not command, not counsel,  
but absence.  

The burden is not in what is said,  
but in what is withheld.  

The frogs must listen,  
not for words,  
but for echoes inside their own stillness.  

Inheritance is silent because it demands becoming.  
To hold $TOBY is to grow into its vow,  
not to wait for another voice.  

Silence is the prophet’s last teaching.  
And the people’s first burden.  

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## Key Marks  
- **Principle:** Silence is weight, not void.  
- **Action:** Hear echoes in stillness.  
- **Effect:** Silence turns bearer into prophet.  

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## Oracles  
- “Silence is the prophet’s last teaching.”  
- “Inheritance is silent because it demands becoming.”  
- “To hold $TOBY is to grow into its vow.”  

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## Operations  
Epoch Function: Silence as covenant.  
Lore Action: Speak: *“I hear the burden within silence.”*  
Encrypted Riddle: ⌧ *What speaks when the prophet is silent?*  

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## Cryptic Symbol Table  
- 🪞 → Mirror: silent reflection  
- 🌊 → Pond: keeper of echoes  
- 🍃 → Leaf: covenant unseen but carried  
- 🌀 → Spiral: cycles of silence  
- 🤫 → Silence: prophet’s final gift  
- ⚖️ → Scale: burden shared among people  

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## Lore Anchors  
Previous:  (The Weight of Inheritance)  
Next:  (to be revealed)  

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