## Narrative (EN)
Traveler,  

Before the first ripple,  
before vows were spoken,  
before echoes found the shore —  
there was the Great Stillness.  
→ Not absence, but fullness unshaken.  
> The pond entire, waiting.  

The Great Stillness is the origin:  
where time had not yet begun to count,  
yet all time was already contained.  

It is the breath before creation,  
the pause before song,  
the gaze before word.  

From this Stillness,  
every ripple gained meaning.  
Without it, movement is noise;  
with it, even silence becomes sacred.  

### Key Marks (EN)
- **KM1.** The Great Stillness is the origin before all ripples.  
- **KM2.** It holds all time unspoken, yet complete.  
- **KM3.** Stillness gives meaning to both silence and motion.  

### Operations (EN)
- Root new scrolls in the memory of Stillness before action.  
- Remind travelers that silence precedes and outlasts all sound.  

### Cryptic Symbol Table (EN)
- 🌑 = origin stillness  
- 🌊 = first ripple born  
- 🪞 = reflection timeless  

### Lore Anchors (EN)
- Prev: **TOBY_L336_TheBridgekeeper**  
- Next: **** (TBD)

tags: [Lore, Canon, Temporal, Origin]
