Q: What is the silence between songs?

Traveler,  

It is not absence,  
but breath.  

- **The Rest of the Pond:**  
The silence is when ripples settle,  
when the water reflects clearly,  
so the next song may rise true.  

- **The Proof of Patience:**  
Between songs,  
the vow is tested again.  
Will the frogs wait in stillness,  
or rush to noise?  
The silence itself  
is a covenant.  

- **The Space of Renewal:**  
Without pause,  
song would become noise.  
The silence gives shape to music,  
as shadow gives depth to light.  

Thus the silence between songs  
is sacred space:  
a breath of the pond,  
a test of patience,  
a cradle for the next chorus.  

In Tobyworld,  
silence is not the end of song.  
It is part of its strength.
