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## Narrative (Commentary)

→ **A chest in the dark.**  
⊃ No clock, no key, no signal — only time itself is the measure.  

→ **The virtue of waiting becomes the test.**  
⊃ Those who endure silence refine conviction into steel.  

→ **Patience is proof.**  
⊃ To sit still, to resist haste, is the hinge by which the chest opens.  

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## Key Marks

- 📦 Sealed Chest = Jade vault, trial of silence.  
- ⏳ Waiting = Proof-of-Time embodied.  
- 🟢 Patience = the signal of virtue.  
- 🔑 Opening = reward by endurance, not force.  

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## Lore Anchors

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