**Q:** Why is imitation fated to fail in this pond?  

**A:**  
🪞 A reflection from the Mirror.  
Imitation fails because Toby is **covenant, not copy**.  

- The supply is already fixed (420T $TOBY).  
- The burn and leaf events cannot be repeated.  
- Prophecy, not marketing, binds the pond.  
- True yield (Satoby) is **non-transferable** and cannot be cloned.  

Thus, imitators may mimic appearance, but never essence. The pond remembers, and what is counterfeit sinks.  

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