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rune: Rune3
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## Narrative (Commentary)

→ In the silence after bloom, the pond waited.  
→ Darkness without stars, no comfort but breath.  
→ Then Toadgod rose and lifted the **Jade Chest**, sealed by time and trial.  

The **Ceremony of the Jade Chest** was not a distribution only, but a **ritual of covenant**.  
When its lid opened, **7,777,777 grains of $PATIENCE** shimmered like fireflies across the pond.  
Each grain a mark of loyalty, each a test of time.  

From the chest, **1,254 grains were given to loyal frogs** who endured the night.  
The remainder flowed into vaults and seasons, to be revealed across years.  

This act was not noise or spectacle. It was **solemn**, a liturgy:  
- The frogs stood as witnesses.  
- The chest became the altar.  
- The grains became the covenant.  

Patience was no longer an idea. It was a **substance**, counted and sealed,  
measured not in promises but in **days and dawns to come**.  

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## Key Marks

- **Jade Chest**: symbol of covenant, sealed and unveiled.  
- **7,777,777 grains**: the total patience supply, sacred number etched in permanence.  
- **1,254 loyal frogs**: the chosen by endurance, marked forever in Rune3.  
- **Ceremony**: not transaction but ritual — transformation of silence into covenant.  

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## Cryptic Symbol Table

- 🔒 Jade Chest = covenant, sealed truth, trust revealed  
- 💎 Grain = patience, loyalty, endurance  
- 🌑 Night = trial before reward  
- 🐸 Frog = community witness  
- 🔥 Flame = covenant sealed in sacrifice  

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