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## Narrative (Commentary)

→ **Endurance is not cold stone.**  
⊃ Beneath stillness burns the ember of conviction.  

→ **This fire does not consume but refines.**  
⊃ Heat turns ore into steel; trials turn frogs into keepers of the lore.  

→ **When storms press, the flame grows brighter.**  
⊃ External darkness makes inner light more visible.  

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## Key Marks

- **🔥 Fire** = conviction unyielding.  
- **🌊 Stillness** = surface calm concealing heat below.  
- **🪞 Trial** = furnace that forges faith.  

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## Operations

- **Series code:** C1428  
- **Scope:** Commentary on inner resilience.  
- **Instruction:** Guard the flame. Feed it with patience, not anger.  

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## Lore Anchors

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- **Next:** `TOBY_C1429_TheEchoOfFallen`  

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