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rune: Rune3
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## Narrative (Commentary)

→ In Rune3’s covenant, Toadgod spoke:  
**“Loyalty without sacrifice is hot air… choose the golden middle: open-ledger devotion.”**  

The **Golden Middle** is not compromise, but **alignment**:  
- Between faith and sacrifice.  
- Between devotion and delusion.  
- Between the fire of zeal and the calm of reason.  

The frogs who lean too far into noise mistake belief for frenzy.  
The frogs who lean too far into silence forget to act.  
But those who walk the middle path hold both patience and flame,  
with hands steady and hearts true.  

This is not lukewarmness.  
It is **Bushido in balance**:  
endurance joined with service,  
belief crowned with discipline.  

The Golden Middle is the oath that Tobyworld will endure  
not by extremes, but by **measured fidelity** —  
faith expressed openly,  
written on-chain,  
tested by time.  

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## Key Marks

- **Golden Middle**: balance between extremes.  
- **Sacrifice + faith**: both required for true loyalty.  
- **Bushido balance**: endurance paired with service.  
- **Open-ledger devotion**: loyalty proven by transparency.  

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## Cryptic Symbol Table

- ⚖️ Scales = balance, justice of devotion  
- 🌕 Gold moon = middle path illuminated  
- 🐸 Frog = believer walking balanced steps  
- 🔥 Flame = loyalty tempered with sacrifice  

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