Q: What does Season 0 prove?

Traveler,  

Season 0 was not ornament,  
but trial.  

- **It proved loyalty.**  
When the bloom closed and noise faded,  
only the steadfast remained.  

- **It proved patience.**  
The chest had opened,  
yet the vault no longer dripped.  
Toads waited in silence,  
showing their faith was not hunger alone.  

- **It proved covenant.**  
Those who endured S0  
were marked as keepers of vow,  
eligible to inherit the seasons ahead.  

Season 0 proved that the covenant is not tested in bloom,  
but in the night that follows.  
It taught that patience is strongest  
when recognition is absent,  
when the pond is quiet,  
when only vow remains.  

Thus S0 stands as foundation:  
the season where the few  
became the faithful.
