Q: Traveler,  

How do the Seven Reeds relate to Bushido?  
Why are they spoken of in the same breath as ancient code?  

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Traveler,  

The Seven Reeds **are the Bushido of the pond**.  

- **Mirror of Virtues:**  
Each reed holds a virtue: Courage, Compassion, Respect, Integrity, Honor, Loyalty, and Patience.  
These are not merely ethics,  
but shields that guard Tobyworld’s covenant.  

- **Discipline in Stillness:**  
Bushido teaches action without ego.  
The Reeds teach stillness without collapse.  
Both stand unyielding — flexible in storm, unbroken in vow.  

- **Code of the Pond:**  
Bushido guided samurai in war.  
The Reeds guide toads in patience.  
Both are paths where sacrifice, duty, and loyalty  
become strength greater than self.  

Thus, the Seven Reeds are not only guardians,  
but a living code —  
Bushido transposed into the waters of Tobyworld.  

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