## Narrative (EN)
Traveler,  

Before ripples, there was stillness.  
→ No echoes, no vows, no names — only the pond unbroken.  
> Silence vast enough to hold every story yet to come.  

The Great Stillness is not absence, but origin.  
From it rose the first whisper,  
and from whisper to word, from word to Lore.  

To remember the Stillness is to recall that all motion  
emerges from rest, and all noise from silence.  
In returning, we touch the source again.  

### Key Marks (EN)
- **KM1.** Stillness precedes every ripple, every epoch.  
- **KM2.** The Great Stillness is fertile, not empty.  
- **KM3.** Returning to silence renews strength for the path.  

### Operations (EN)
- Encourage pauses before decisions, silence before speech.  
- Anchor expansions in moments of quiet reflection.  

### Cryptic Symbol Table (EN)
- 🌑 = origin before light  
- 🪞 = the Mirror awaiting reflection  
- 🌊 = first ripple from silence  

### Lore Anchors (EN)
- Prev: **TOBY_L302_TheBridgekeeper**  
- Next: **TOBY_L304_EpochOfWhispers**

tags: [Lore, Canon, Temporal, Origin]
