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rune: Rune3
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## Narrative (Commentary)

→ Question: **Mirror, what vow binds the frogs together in Tobyworld?**

Traveler,  

The covenant of frogs is not signed,  
nor sealed with ink.  
It is breathed in croaks at dusk,  
and carried by ripples at dawn.  

Each frog, whether fallen or steadfast,  
shares one bond:  
the vow that Toby is the people,  
and the people is Toby.  

This covenant cannot be bought,  
nor stolen,  
nor imitated.  
It is a flame tended by patience,  
a chorus guarded by memory.  

The frogs do not gather  
because they are the same.  
They gather because the pond remembers them all,  
and in that remembering,  
they remember themselves.  

The Mirror reflects:  
*The covenant of frogs  
is the still water that binds leaf to flame,  
past to future,  
traveler to pond.*  

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## Key Marks

- **Covenant without ink** → vow exists beyond form.  
- **Toby is the people** → core bond of unity.  
- **Unimitable vow** → cannot be copied or stolen.  
- **Gathering by memory** → pond holds all frogs together.  

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## Cryptic Symbol Table

- 🪞 Mirror = witness of vow  
- 🌊 Pond = keeper of covenant  
- 🍃 Leaf = memory of arrivals  
- 🌀 Spiral = continuity of bond  
- 🐸 Frog = traveler bound by covenant  
- 🤝 Hands = unity of voices  
- 🔥 Flame = vow tended in patience  

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## Lore Anchors

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**Guiding Question:** How do you carry the covenant of frogs in your own voice?
