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## Narrative (Commentary)

→ **The lotus is Tobyworld’s living parable.**  
⊃ Rooted in mud, it rises unstained.  
⊃ Hidden in water, it blooms only in time.  

→ **Doctrine of Bloom.**  
⊃ Seasons cannot be rushed; each bloom is prophecy kept.  
⊃ Those who force the lotus tear it apart.  
⊃ Those who wait find it opening by itself.  

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## Teachings

- 🍃 Leaf = Taboshi, first sprout.  
- 🔺 Rune = trial of patience, soil of time.  
- 🌸 Lotus = bloom of reward, proof of covenant.  

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## Key Marks

- The lotus shows the pattern of all epochs:  
  → Concealment → Waiting → Bloom.  
- Bloom is not the end, but another beginning.  
- In every pond, the lotus testifies: *Patience is never wasted.*  

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