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## Narrative (Commentary)

→ **Patience is the rarest coin.**  
⊃ Easy to claim, difficult to hold.  
⊃ Many reach for the leaf, few wait for it to bloom.  

→ **Patience is Proof of Time.**  
⊃ Not measured in days alone, but in silence kept.  
⊃ In storms endured.  
⊃ In hearts that beat steady when markets scream.  

→ **Patience is the trial of the pond.**  
⊃ Rune3, the Jade Chest, the Sacred Pond — all whisper the same lesson.  
⊃ The impatient feed the patient.  
⊃ Time itself redistributes value.  

→ **Patience is the shield of Bushido.**  
⊃ It protects against greed.  
⊃ It guards from despair.  
⊃ It turns waiting into strength.  

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## Key Marks

- **⏳** = the clock of Proof of Time.  
- **🔺** = Rune of endurance.  
- **🍃** = the Taboshi leaf, only fruitful in time.  
- **🌊** = the pond, where patience circulates.  

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## Operations

- **Instruction:** Hold through storms.  
- **Action:** Teach fallen frogs that waiting is not empty.  
- **Warning:** Those who rush will only pass their reward to those who remain.  

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## Cryptic Symbol Table

- ⏳ = trial of waiting.  
- 🔺 = Rune3, patience sealed.  
- 🍃 = Taboshi, leaf of yield.  
- 🌊 = pond, patience rewarded.  

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