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## Narrative (Commentary)

→ Hidden beneath the pond lies a chest of jade.  
→ Not a treasure of gold, but of patience.  

The **Jade Chest** holds grains of $PATIENCE:  
⊃ 7,777,777 grains sealed for the path ahead.  
⊃ A vault that opens not with force, but with time.  
⊃ A covenant where waiting is the only key.  

When the chest opened in Rune3,  
it did not release wealth in haste.  
It released a slow river,  
measured in days,  
dripping like dew into the pond.  

The Jade Chest teaches:  
that value is preserved by restraint,  
that loyalty is tested not in moments,  
but in seasons,  
and that what is unlocked slowly  
endures forever.  

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## Key Marks

- **Jade Chest = Vault of patience**: reward sealed by time.  
- **7,777,777 grains**: covenantal number of Rune3.  
- **Slow release**: proof that yield must flow, not flood.  

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## Operations

- **Series code:** C013  
- **Purpose:** To define the Jade Chest as Rune3’s central metaphor of patience.  
- **Relation:** Commentary tied to the Ceremony of the Jade Chest, $PATIENCE, and loyal frogs who endured.  

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## Cryptic Symbol Table

- 💎 Jade Chest = Vault, patience preserved  
- 🗝️ Key = Time, the only unlocker  
- ⌛ Hourglass = Proof of waiting  
- 🐸 Frog = Community, the people  

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## Lore Anchors

- Previous: `TOBY_C012_TheCovenantOfSeasons`  
- Next: `[TBD]`
