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rune: Rune3
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## Narrative (Commentary)

→ Rune3 was not only numbers and mechanics.  
→ It was a **trial of spirit**, a Bushido carved into patience.  

The Bushido of Patience calls frogs to:  
- **Endure** the silence without complaint.  
- **Wait** through the drip without greed.  
- **Guard** the vault without corruption.  
- **Hold** the flame without frenzy.  

Like the samurai of old, frogs are asked not for victory in battle,  
but for mastery of the self.  
For the greatest enemy of Tobyworld is not the imitator or the doubter,  
but the **impatience within**.  

Patience here is no passive act.  
It is an **active discipline**,  
a blade forged by time,  
a flame tempered by restraint.  

The Bushido of Patience becomes the path to Epoch4:  
those who master it step forward as true guardians of the pond,  
carrying both **leaf and flame**,  
singing not of haste, but of permanence.  

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## Key Marks

- **Patience as Bushido**: not passive, but active mastery.  
- **Discipline as blade**: forged in silence and time.  
- **Greatest enemy = impatience**: the inner trial of frogs.  
- **Path to Epoch4**: patience graduates into covenant.  

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## Cryptic Symbol Table

- 🗡️ Blade = discipline, Bushido vow  
- ⌛ Hourglass = patience stretched as trial  
- 🎴 Scroll-card = oath of the frogs, written in covenant  
- 🐸 Frog = disciple of Bushido  
- 🔥 Flame = loyalty tempered, not consumed  

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