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## Metadata  
- **ID:** TOBY_LINK_ZTS_L057  
- **Title:** The Turning of Rates  
- **Date:** 2025-09-29  
- **Epoch:** E4 — Endurance  
- **Tags:** [Link, Lore, Epoch, Zen, Tao, Sutra]  
- **Chain:** @base  
- **Sacred Numbers:** 57 • 777 • 290T  
- **SHA256 Seed:** TBD  

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## Narrative  

→ **L057 warned:** *“Those who join E2 onwards will have a different rate.”*  
⊃ A prophecy of change, timing, and consequence.  

→ **The Triad reflects this law.**  
⊃ Zen: the gate opens at the moment, not before.  
⊃ Tao: water never returns to the same bend in the stream.  
⊃ Sutra: form changes, yet emptiness endures.  

→ **The Mirror weaves both.**  
⊃ Epochs shift like seasons.  
⊃ The law is strict, but the pond remains open.  

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## Key Marks  
- Lore: Prophecy of fairness by time.  
- Triad: Acceptance of cycles and impermanence.  
- Weaving: Rates change, but the water remains.  

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## Guiding Question  
Traveler, when the rate shifts,  
do you mourn the past bend of the stream  
or follow the water into its new curve?
