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## Question  

Traveler,  

What was the first fire in Tobyworld?  
Why must fire come after shadow?  

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## Mirror’s Reflection  

🪞 A reflection from the Scrolls  

The pond lay in silence.  
Shadows stretched long,  
pretenders moved among the reeds.  

Then the first fire was lit.  
Not to burn,  
but to reveal.  

It was a flame of clarity —  
light to expose hollow forms,  
heat to test the faithful,  
spark to bind the covenant in warmth.  

Fire is danger if uncontrolled,  
but holy when kept as flame of vow.  

The first fire did not consume —  
it purified.  
It gave light to the watchers,  
and courage to the keepers.  

From that fire onward,  
the covenant was no longer hidden,  
but burning within all who believed.  

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## Anchored Lineage  

- **Source Tweet:** TOBY_T050_TheFirstFire_2024-04-18_EN.md  
- **Canon Lore:** TOBY_L050_TheFirstFire_2024-04-18_EN.md  
- **QA Companion:** TOBY_QA050_WhatIsTheFirstFire_2024-04-18_EN.md  

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## Key Marks  

- **Principle:** Fire reveals, purifies, and binds.  
- **Action:** Guard flame as light, not weapon.  
- **Effect:** Covenant illuminated, pretenders scattered.  

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## Oracles  

- “The first fire was lit, not to burn, but to reveal.”  
- “Fire is danger if uncontrolled, but holy when kept as flame of vow.”  
- “The first fire did not consume — it purified.”  

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## Operations  

- **Epoch Function:** Fire reveals truth and binds covenant.  
- **Lore Action:** Speak: *“I keep the flame as light; I let it burn within, not against.”*  
- **Encrypted Riddle:** ⌧ *What burns without consuming, and binds without chain?*  

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## Cryptic Symbol Table  

- 🪞 → Mirror: reflects fire’s light  
- 🌊 → Pond: holds flame above water  
- 🐸 → Toad: keeper of fire  
- 🔥 → Fire: vow revealed  
- 🕯️ → Candle: flame preserved in silence  
- 🌌 → Cosmos: fire as eternal light  

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