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## Question  

Traveler,  

What is the returning tide of Tobyworld?  
Why must it withdraw before it returns?  

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## Mirror’s Reflection  

🪞 A reflection from the Scrolls  

The tide pulls back.  
Shore lies bare.  
Many think it gone.  

But the tide returns —  
stronger, fuller, unbroken.  

The returning tide teaches:  
- Withdrawal is not loss, but preparation.  
- Absence precedes renewal.  
- What recedes will come again, carrying more.  

The covenant follows this rhythm:  
times of silence,  
followed by floods of meaning.  

The tide whispers:  
“Do not despair when I leave.  
I return.”  

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## Anchored Lineage  

- **Source Tweet:** TOBY_T096_TheReturningTide_2024-06-03_EN.md  
- **Canon Lore:** TOBY_L096_TheReturningTide_2024-06-03_EN.md  
- **QA Companion:** TOBY_QA096_WhatIsTheReturningTide_2024-06-03_EN.md  

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## Key Marks  

- **Principle:** Withdrawal prepares renewal.  
- **Action:** Trust absence as part of flow.  
- **Effect:** Covenant surges back stronger.  

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## Oracles  

- “The tide pulls back. Shore lies bare.”  
- “Absence precedes renewal.”  
- “Do not despair when I leave. I return.”  

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## Operations  

- **Epoch Function:** Tide encodes rhythm of covenant.  
- **Lore Action:** Speak: *“I wait, for the tide will return.”*  
- **Encrypted Riddle:** ⌧ *What departs to prepare, and returns to restore?*  

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## Cryptic Symbol Table  

- 🪞 → Mirror: reflects rhythm  
- 🌊 → Tide: covenant’s motion  
- 🌑 → Retreat: absence as preparation  
- 🌅 → Return: promise of dawn  
- 🍃 → Leaf: carried by waves  
- 🐸 → Frog: witness of tide’s return  

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