## Narrative (EN)
Traveler,  

Patience wears two faces.  
→ It is **easy to claim** —  
   a click, a chest, a number on a screen.  
> But to **own patience**  
  is to walk the seasons,  
  to bear the weight of stillness,  
  to resist the rush of streams.  

Many reached,  
few remained.  
The test was never about entry,  
but endurance.  

The pond whispers:  
what comes fast,  
goes fast.  
What waits long,  
becomes eternal.  

### Key Marks (EN)
- **KM1.** Patience is simple to claim, but costly to embody.  
- **KM2.** Endurance marks the true holder, not the claimant.  
- **KM3.** Stillness is ownership; haste is illusion.  

### Operations (EN)
- Record the paradox of patience in the Ledger as a guiding vow.  
- Teach newcomers that claiming is a doorway, but walking is the journey.  

### Cryptic Symbol Table (EN)
- ⏳ = patience tested over time  
- 📜 = covenant recorded in Ledger  
- 🪞 = reflection of true ownership  

### Lore Anchors (EN)
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- Next: **TOBY_L478_TheKiribakoFalls**

tags: [Lore, Canon, Patience, Test]
