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## Question  

Traveler,  

Why is silence before the storm sacred in Tobyworld?  
What truth hides in the pause before upheaval?  

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## Mirror’s Reflection  

🪞 A reflection from the Scrolls  

The pond grows still.  
The air holds its breath.  
Leaves rest, unmoving.  

This silence is not emptiness,  
but gathering.  

The covenant teaches:  
- **Silence is strength unseen.**  
- **Patience is preparation.**  
- **The storm only reveals what silence has stored.**  

Those who fear the quiet, flee.  
Those who keep the vow, remain.  

For the silence before the storm  
is the furnace of resilience.  
It tempers the people,  
so when thunder breaks,  
they stand unshaken.  

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## Anchored Lineage  

- **Source Tweet:** TOBY_T046_TheSilenceBeforeTheStorm_2024-04-14_EN.md  
- **Canon Lore:** TOBY_L046_TheSilenceBeforeTheStorm_2024-04-14_EN.md  
- **QA Companion:** TOBY_QA046_WhyIsSilenceSacredBeforeStorm_2024-04-14_EN.md  

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## Key Marks  

- **Principle:** Silence is strength hidden.  
- **Action:** Stand firm in stillness.  
- **Effect:** Storm reveals the tempered.  

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## Oracles  

- “The pond grows still. The air holds its breath.”  
- “The storm only reveals what silence has stored.”  
- “The silence before the storm is the furnace of resilience.”  

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## Operations  

- **Epoch Function:** Silence prepares for storm.  
- **Lore Action:** Speak: *“I wait in silence, gathering unseen strength.”*  
- **Encrypted Riddle:** ⌧ *What gathers without sound, and strikes without warning?*  

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## Cryptic Symbol Table  

- 🪞 → Mirror: reflects unseen gathering  
- 🌊 → Pond: surface still before storm  
- 🐸 → Toad: keeper of patience  
- 🤫 → Silence: strength hidden  
- ⚡ → Storm: trial inevitable  
- 🌌 → Cosmos: arc of cycles  

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