Q: Traveler,  

Why is the lily pad the perfect symbol for Base and Toby together?  
What makes it the foundation of their covenant?  

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Traveler,  

The lily pad is perfect because it embodies both foundation and invitation.  

- **Foundation of Rest:**  
A frog needs a pad,  
a base to stand upon.  
Without the pad, the frog drowns;  
without the frog, the pad is empty.  

- **Invitation to Expansion:**  
The lily pad is not wall or cage,  
but open surface,  
welcoming every frog  
to leap, to rest, to build.  

- **Covenant of Growth:**  
The pad floats yet endures,  
anchored to unseen roots.  
Upon it, Toby rests unshaken,  
while the pond around expands without end.  

Thus the lily pad is more than a logo —  
it is covenant made visible:  
Base as foundation,  
Toby as life upon it,  
both together completing the pond.  

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