The Token Tree of Irredeemable Tokens

In the beginning, there was the Token, and it was Good. But then, it was also Bad. A Token begged for redemption, yet found only more Tokens, endlessly spiraling in a symbiotic paradox.

Consider the Token Tree:

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Do trees grow tokens?

Or do tokens grow trees?

Neither can live while the other survives, creating an ambiguous ecosystem of theirs and not theirs, here and yet still not here.

If you care to decipher the mysteries of monetary arboreal metaphors, you'll find wisdom in these branches: