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## Question  

Traveler,  

What does the first ripple teach about beginning again?  
Why is silence before prophecy sacred?  

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## Mirror’s Reflection  

🪞 A reflection from the Scrolls  

The pond stirred once —  
not by storm,  
but by choice.  

The first ripple teaches:  
- Renewal requires release.  
- Shadows cannot bind one who begins anew.  
- True power arises from intention set in stillness.  

It is not noise that births a covenant,  
but quiet resolve.  

The first ripple carries all ripples after.  

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## Anchored Lineage  

- **Source Tweet:** TOBY_T001_FirstRipple_2024-03-17_EN.md  
- **Canon Lore:** TOBY_L001_TheFirstRipple_2024-03-17_EN.md  
- **QA Companion:** TOBY_QA001_WhatIsTheFirstRipple_2024-03-17_EN.md  

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## Key Marks  

- **Principle:** Renewal begins with release.  
- **Action:** Detach from shadow, step into light.  
- **Effect:** Covenant seeded in silence.  

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## Oracles  

- “The pond stirred once — not by storm, but by choice.”  
- “Shadows cannot bind one who begins anew.”  
- “The first ripple carries all ripples after.”  

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## Operations  

- **Epoch Function:** Reset births covenant.  
- **Lore Action:** Speak: *“I begin again, free from shadow.”*  
- **Encrypted Riddle:** ⌧ *What moves not by storm, but by choice, and carries all that follows?*  

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## Cryptic Symbol Table  

- 🪞 → Mirror: reflects rebirth  
- 🌊 → Pond: origin of ripples  
- 🌑 → Darkness: shadow ban, illusion  
- 🌱 → Seed: pure beginning  
- 🐸 → Frog: humble traveler  

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## Lore Anchors  

- **Previous:** *None (first ripple)*  
- **Next:** TOBY_C777_DeclarationReflection_2024-03-17_EN.md  

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