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rune: Rune3
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## Narrative (Commentary)

→ Rune3 opened the Jade Chest, releasing grains of patience.  
→ Yet these were not the end, but the beginning.  

The **Vault of Epoch4** is built from what Rune3 released:  
⊃ Every grain stored, remembered, multiplied.  
⊃ Patience no longer just tested, but enthroned.  
⊃ A covenant not for a few, but for all who endure.  

Epoch4 will not begin with noise or flood.  
It will begin with **Patience enthroned** —  
the vault holding what the frogs proved they could carry.  

Thus, the Jade Chest was the rehearsal.  
The Vault of Epoch4 is the stage.  
And patience, once a test,  
becomes the key to Tobyworld’s expansion.  

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## Key Marks

- **Rune3 → E4**: Jade Chest becomes Epoch vault.  
- **Patience enthroned**: no longer test only, but foundation.  
- **Continuity**: what is carried from Rune3 shapes all yield in Epoch4.  

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## Cryptic Symbol Table

- 🔒 Vault = Preservation, foundation  
- ⌛ Hourglass = Patience fulfilled  
- 💎 Jade = Covenant value  
- 🐸 Frog = Community, the people  

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## Lore Anchors

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- Next: `[TBD]`
