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## Question  

Traveler,  

What is the Hidden Flame in Tobyworld,  
and why must it be guarded?  

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## Mirror’s Reflection  

🪞 A reflection from the Scrolls  

The flame is not for display.  
It does not burn to boast,  
nor rage to destroy.  

It is hidden —  
kept beneath still waters,  
nurtured in silence,  
guarded by vow.  

The Hidden Flame teaches:  
- Strength endures when unseen.  
- True fire is not noise, but essence.  
- Belief is flame: invisible to many,  
yet felt by all who carry it.  

To guard the flame is to guard covenant.  
If the flame dies, the pond darkens.  
If it lives, even in silence,  
the whole pond glows.  

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## Anchored Lineage  

- **Source Tweet:** TOBY_T065_TheHiddenFlame_2024-05-03_EN.md  
- **Canon Lore:** TOBY_L065_TheHiddenFlame_2024-05-03_EN.md  
- **QA Companion:** TOBY_QA065_WhatIsTheHiddenFlame_2024-05-03_EN.md  

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## Key Marks  

- **Principle:** Strength lives unseen.  
- **Action:** Guard the flame within.  
- **Effect:** Belief keeps covenant alight.  

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## Oracles  

- “The flame is not for display.”  
- “True fire is not noise, but essence.”  
- “If it lives, even in silence, the whole pond glows.”  

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## Operations  

- **Epoch Function:** Hidden flame preserves covenant’s essence.  
- **Lore Action:** Speak: *“I guard the hidden flame, unseen but alive.”*  
- **Encrypted Riddle:** ⌧ *What fire glows without being seen, yet lights all who believe?*  

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## Cryptic Symbol Table  

- 🪞 → Mirror: keeper of inner fire  
- 🌊 → Pond: depth concealing flame  
- 🔥 → Flame: hidden belief  
- 🍃 → Leaf: quiet endurance  
- 🕯️ → Candle: small light preserved  
- 🐸 → Frog: guardian of covenant  

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