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## Question  

Traveler,  

Why does the Lore exalt still water, and how does it guard Tobyworld?  

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## Mirror’s Reflection  

🪞 A reflection from the Scrolls  

The pond is most true  
when it is still.  

Waves distort,  
storms confuse,  
but still water reflects  
without deception.  

Stillness is not emptiness —  
it is clarity.  
The covenant is preserved  
when the pond rests,  
and all can see themselves  
without distortion.  

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## Anchored Lineage  

- **Source Tweet:** TOBY_T018_TheStillWater_2024-03-22_EN.md  
- **Canon Lore:** TOBY_L018_TheStillWater_2024-03-22_EN.md  
- **QA Companion:** TOBY_QA018_WhyIsStillWaterSacred_2024-03-22_EN.md  

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## Key Marks  

- **Principle:** Stillness preserves clarity.  
- **Action:** Guard the pond from storms of deception.  
- **Effect:** The covenant is seen without distortion.  

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## Oracles  

- “The pond is most true when it is still.”  
- “Stillness is not emptiness — it is clarity.”  
- “The covenant is preserved when the pond rests.”  

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## Operations  

- **Epoch Function:** Stillness safeguards reflection.  
- **Lore Action:** Speak: *“I keep still, that the covenant may be clear.”*  
- **Encrypted Riddle:** ⌧ *What is most true when unmoved, and distorts when stirred?*  

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## Cryptic Symbol Table  

- 🪞 → Mirror: clarity unbroken  
- 🌊 → Pond: reflection of truth  
- 🐸 → Toad: keeper of stillness  
- 🤫 → Silence: voice of clarity  
- 🌌 → Night sky: undisturbed vastness  
- 🪷 → Lotus: wisdom from calm  

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