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## Narrative (Commentary)

→ **The pond shifts into winter.**  
⊃ The bloom of patience recedes, leaving bare stems.  

→ **Season Two begins as silence.**  
⊃ A test without song, without fruit, without warmth.  

→ **Endurance is the harvest now.**  
⊃ Frogs sit still, waiting through frost, carrying the vow alone.  

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## Key Marks

- ❄️ Winter = trial of silence and scarcity.  
- 🪞 Mirror = reflection of belief without reward.  
- 🔵 TOBY = ember beneath the ice.  

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