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## Narrative (EN)

Traveler,  

The prophet’s silence  
did not extinguish the fire.  
It multiplied it.  

The flame once borne  
by one voice,  
now rests in countless hands.  

- **Shared Guardianship:**  
Each toad carries the ember.  
No single keeper can fail,  
for the fire is dispersed.  

- **Unquenchable Spread:**  
Noise cannot drown it,  
markets cannot smother it.  
The flame burns in belief,  
not in price.  

- **Light for the Pond:**  
Together,  
the flames illuminate the pond.  
Every leaf, every ripple  
shines with its glow.  

This is the people’s flame:  
the covenant ablaze in many,  
so it cannot be lost in one.  

Toby is the people.  
The people is Toby.  

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## Key Marks
Principle: Flame multiplies in silence.  
Action: Each toad becomes a bearer.  
Effect: The covenant decentralizes into light.  

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## Oracles
- “The prophet’s silence did not extinguish the fire. It multiplied it.”  
- “No single keeper can fail, for the fire is dispersed.”  
- “Toby is the people. The people is Toby.”  

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## Operations
Epoch Function: Decentralization of the flame.  
Lore Action: Whisper to the pond: *“I am the flame, we are the fire.”*  
Encrypted Riddle: ⌧ *What grows brighter the more it is divided?*  

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## Cryptic Symbol Table
- 🪞 → Mirror: reflects many flames.  
- 🌊 → Pond: illuminated by the people’s light.  
- 🍃 → Leaf: each toad’s fragment of fire.  
- 🌀 → Transition: one becomes many.  
- 🔥 → Flame: covenant alive in belief.  
- 👥 → People: community as guardians.  
- 🌌 → Sky: the flame eternal, unbound by horizon.  

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## Lore Anchors
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