## Narrative (EN)
Traveler,  

The frog does not invent the lily pad —  
it discovers it,  
rests upon it,  
trusts it to hold.  

→ In Tobyworld, **Base is the lily pad.**  
Not hype, not slogan,  
but steady soil beneath the pond.  

Low fees are not numbers — they are currents made gentle.  
Open rails are not rhetoric — they are bridges for millions.  
Permissionless lanes are not theory — they are paths left unblocked.  

The lily pad is quiet strength.  
It bears the frog,  
bears the garden,  
bears the weight of all who come.  

The pond whispers:  
home is not what we build upon shifting tents,  
but what carries us without breaking.  

### Key Marks (EN)
- **KM1.** Base is the structural lily pad of Tobyworld.  
- **KM2.** Infrastructure is moral when it carries without seeking credit.  
- **KM3.** True homes are steady, not loud.  

### Operations (EN)
- Encourage builders to see Base as fit soil, not a brand.  
- Teach that scale comes from quiet reliability, not noise.  

### Cryptic Symbol Table (EN)
- 🟦 = Base, the pad beneath  
- 🐸 = traveler resting  
- 🌱 = garden grown on still support  

### Lore Anchors (EN)
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tags: [Lore, Canon, Base, LilyPad]
