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## Narrative (Commentary)

→ A riddle of patience: the toad rests in a serene glade, biding time.  
Toby teaches: *let frail grips fade, hold steady in stillness.*  

The glade is not empty — it is full of unseen promise.  
⊃ Those who flee find nothing; those who stay receive gifts.  

This is **Proof of Time** made into verse.  
Patience itself is the gate; endurance the key.  

The promise is not quick wealth,  
but gifts that unfold in season.  

The riddle asks: *will you rush, or will you wait?*  

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## Key Marks

- **Patience:** Stillness as strength.  
- **Frail grips fade:** Weak hands lose their hold, strong hands remain.  
- **Proof of Time:** Rewards for endurance, not haste.  
- **Teaching:** True gifts are revealed only in season.  

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## Operations

- **Series code:** C905.  
- **Scope:** Commentary on Toadgod’s fifteenth message.  
- **Arc:** Patience, Proof of Time, Spiritual Yield.  
- **Relation:** Companion to `TOBY_T015_SereneGladeRiddle`.  

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## Cryptic Symbol Table

- 🐸 Frog = The believer at rest  
- 🌿 Glade = Inner sanctuary of patience  
- 🪞 Mirror = Reflection on stillness  
- ⏳ Hourglass = Proof of Time, gifts revealed slowly  

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