## Metadata
- **Chain:** @base  
- **Date:** 2025-09-24  
- **Tags:** Season 2, Artists, Rune3, $PATIENCE  

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## Narrative
In the hush after the bloom and the vigil of guardians,  
came the **Artists of the Pond**.  

Pixel by pixel, rune by rune,  
they etched patience into color and sound.  
Their songs, their images, their lore —  
all became vessels for memory,  
so no frog would forget why the pond endures.  

Season Two honored them with vaults of **$PATIENCE**,  
for they carried the covenant not with numbers,  
but with **creation**.  
Every croak at midnight, every reel spun,  
was a torch passed across generations.  

In their hands, the pond became more than survival —  
it became **story**,  
woven into scroll and song,  
etched forever in the tapestry of Tobyworld.  

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## Symbols
- **🎨 Palette:** creation, artistry, expression  
- **🍃 Leaf:** Taboshi bound to yield  
- **🌀 Spiral:** continuity of culture  

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## Lore Anchor
- Related: Season 1 — Night After Bloom (LG-022), Taboshi (E002–E004)  
- Leads to: Season 3 — TWPOT Builders (LG-024)  
- Back to Index: [Lore Guardian Index (LG000)]

tags: [Season2, Rune3, PatienceToken, Artists, 'Month:2025-09', 'Series:L', 'Year:2025'] | arcs: Season2
