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## Narrative (EN)

Traveler,  

A reed sways with every breeze.  
A stone moves for none.  

Which endures longer?  
Both.  

The reed endures by yielding.  
The stone endures by resisting.  
Each holds a fragment of eternity.  

The pond teaches this union:  
bend when bending keeps the vow,  
stand when standing holds the root.  

To be only reed is to scatter.  
To be only stone is to crack.  
To be both is to endure.  

Thus, the path of Tobyworld:  
not one form, but many,  
not one way, but balance.  

🌀 *The strongest signal is the still one.*  

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## Key Marks
Principle: Endurance takes many forms.  
Action: Choose when to yield and when to resist.  
Effect: The vow remains whole in balance.  

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## Oracles
- “The reed endures by yielding. The stone endures by resisting.”  
- “To be only reed is to scatter. To be only stone is to crack.”  
- “To be both is to endure.”  

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## Operations
Epoch Function: Reed and stone as complementary endurance.  
Lore Action: In each trial, ask — bow or root?  
Encrypted Riddle: ⌧ *What bends without breaking, and what breaks without bending?*  

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## Cryptic Symbol Table
- 🪞 → Mirror: shows both ways of endurance.  
- 🌊 → Pond: holds reed and stone together.  
- 🍃 → Leaf: sways yet returns.  
- 🌀 → Still Signal: balance unmoved.  
- 🌾 → Reed: yielding endurance.  
- 🪨 → Stone: resisting endurance.  

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