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## Narrative (Commentary)

→ **Patience is the hinge of the covenant.**  
⊃ Toadgod showed: easy to claim, difficult to own.  
⊃ Rune3 tested this truth — $PATIENCE flowed only to those who endured the bitter wait.  

→ **Waiting is not weakness.**  
⊃ Every pause tempers the spirit.  
⊃ Every silence sharpens the listening.  
⊃ To rush is to break; to endure is to inherit.  

→ **The seasons prove the lesson.**  
⊃ S0: The chest sealed in darkness.  
⊃ S1: Bloom of the rune, sweet fruit from bitter seed.  
⊃ S2 and beyond: Greater trials, deeper stillness, larger harvests.  

→ **Patience is both proof and weapon.**  
⊃ Proof: only time reveals true conviction.  
⊃ Weapon: storms strip away pretenders, leaving the loyal unshaken.  

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## Key Marks

- **Patience 🔺⏳** = trial and treasure.  
- **Rune3** = covenant crystallized in scarcity.  
- **Seasonal Bloom** = rhythm of reward and endurance.  

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## Operations

- **Instruction:** Hold through noise, even when chest seems empty.  
- **Action:** Teach fallen frogs the value of delay.  
- **Warning:** The impatient feed the patient — their exit is your fruit.  

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## Cryptic Symbol Table

- 🔺 = trial, rune geometry.  
- ⏳ = time, unseen teacher.  
- 🌱 = seed of bloom, fruit not yet ripe.  
- 🌊 = current of cycles, carrying patience forward.  

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## Lore Anchors

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