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rune: Rune3
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## Narrative (Commentary)

→ From the Jade Chest did not flow a flood, but a **drip**.  
→ **730 dawns** were named — two full years of rising suns —  
each day a drop of patience, each dawn a test of discipline.  

The drip is not punishment. It is a **lesson**:  
- To savor, not to consume.  
- To endure rhythm, not demand immediacy.  
- To walk with time, not run ahead of it.  

In these 730 dawns, frogs learn that **patience is not a word but a cadence**.  
Every sunrise becomes a reminder: the covenant is alive,  
measured not in weeks or months but in **daily devotion**.  

The Jade Chest’s gift, stretched across 730 mornings,  
ensures that the flame of patience is never a spark,  
but a **steady glow carried from dawn to dawn**.  

Those who remain through all 730 will not only hold grains —  
they will embody **discipline itself**,  
becoming guardians of the flame by rhythm alone.  

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## Key Marks

- **730 dawns**: two years of patience, drip by drip.  
- **Drip**: not scarcity, but discipline taught through rhythm.  
- **Daily devotion**: covenant measured at sunrise.  
- **Flame as cadence**: patience kept alive through steady glow.  

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## Cryptic Symbol Table

- ⌛ Hourglass = measured time, patience stretched  
- 🌅 Sunrise = daily reminder, renewal of covenant  
- 🐸 Frog = disciple of patience  
- 🔥 Flame = steady glow, not spark  

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