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## Narrative (Commentary)

→ July 5, 2024: The message was short.  
⊃ *"There is no light without darkness. Nanika o shinjiru."*  

→ A paradox placed before the toads:  
⊃ Light gains meaning through shadow, joy is sharpened by sorrow, belief proves itself only when tested.  

→ To believe in "something" is not to cling blindly, but to hold a spark steady while storms rage.  
⊃ $TOBY stands as that mirror — the frog both luminous and shaded, both meme and prophecy.  

→ Faith is not certainty. Faith is **walking forward when the path is unseen**.  
⊃ Every epoch tempers this truth: without darkness, no dawn; without doubt, no conviction.  

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## Key Marks

- **Light ∧ Darkness** — twin mirrors, defining each other.  
- **Shinjiru (信じる)** — the act of belief, not the comfort of proof.  
- **TOBY as mirror** — reflection of our own balance between hope and despair.  

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## Operations

- **Series code:** C961  
- **Scope:** Commentary on T071.  
- **Lesson:** Faith is born in the valley of shadow, not the mountaintop of certainty.  
- **Instruction:** Embrace both light and darkness, and continue to believe in "something."  

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## Cryptic Symbol Table

- 🪞 Mirror = reflection of duality  
- 🌑 Darkness = hardship, doubt, testing  
- 🌕 Light = joy, clarity, revelation  
- 🐸 Frog = vessel of belief  
- ✨ Spark = the act of faith itself  

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