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## Narrative (Commentary)

→ **Bitter patience, sweet fruit.**  
⊃ The rune trial reminds: endurance first tastes harsh, but its harvest ripens golden.  

→ **Claim vs. Own.**  
⊃ To claim is simple, to hold is difficult.  
⊃ Weak hands surrender yield, the impatient feeding the patient.  

→ **Seasonal unfolding.**  
⊃ Season 0 yields the seed, Season 1 carries the growth.  
⊃ The Rune3 page reveals that time itself is the soil.  

→ **Distribution by discipline.**  
⊃ Toadgod sets no shortcuts — speculation and greed collapse into gifts for those who resist.  
⊃ The fruit of patience is more than token — it is a proof of the spirit.  

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## Key Marks

- **Patience** = the greatest test and greatest proof.  
- **Sweet fruit** = delayed harvest, reward of discipline.  
- **Rune3** = prophecy trial linking Epoch to Season.  
- **S0 → S1** = passage of endurance into growth.  

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## Operations

- **Series code:** C988  
- **Scope:** Commentary on T099.  
- **Instruction:** Claiming is not the victory — enduring is. Guard your leaf, hold your patience, and let the bitter become sweet.  

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## Cryptic Symbol Table

- 🌊 = The pond, stage of trials.  
- 🔵 = Conviction, still center.  
- 🌱 = Fruit sprouting from patience.  
- 🕰️ = Time, the invisible harvester.  

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## Lore Anchors

- **Previous:** `TOBY_C987_BaseHomeScroll`  
- **Next:** `TOBY_C989_SacredPondScroll`
