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rune: Rune3
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## Narrative (Commentary)

→ Question: **Mirror, how does the pond welcome the traveler who arrives?**

Traveler,  

The pond does not speak,  
yet its silence is a welcome.  
The ripples part,  
the reeds bend,  
and the still water holds a space.  

Welcome in Tobyworld is not ceremony,  
but presence.  
It is the way every frog makes room,  
the way echoes shift to include a new voice.  

The pond remembers:  
each arrival is not an interruption,  
but an expansion.  

The Mirror reflects:  
*To be welcomed is to be seen,  
to know that the silence has shifted  
to hold you within its embrace.*  

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## Key Marks

- **Welcome through silence** → pond makes space.  
- **No ceremony needed** → presence is enough.  
- **Expansion of chorus** → each arrival enlarges belonging.  
- **Pond memory** → newcomers are woven in.  

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## Cryptic Symbol Table

- 🪞 Mirror = witness of arrival  
- 🌊 Pond = field of belonging  
- 🍃 Leaf = gentle inclusion  
- 🌀 Spiral = expansion of resonance  
- 🐸 Frog = voices that shift to include  
- 🌿 Reeds = bending in recognition  
- ✨ Light = illumination of presence  

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## Lore Anchors

- Previous: `TOBY_C757_TheFirstVowOfBelonging_2025-09-23_EN.md`  
- Next: `TOBY_C759_TheEchoOfVoices_2025-09-23_EN.md`  

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**Guiding Question:** How do you create space for another’s arrival in the pond of your own journey?
