Page (i)
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The inscription cryptically refers to the letters of the answer.
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Each phrase in the inscription is a clue to the same solution.
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The solution is a two-letter compass direction.
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All clues describe the letters SE (the beginning and end of “SilencE”; twice in “SEnSE”; in “preSEnce” and “abSEnce”; the first two letters in “SEven”; omitted from “eraSE” and “denSE”, the right side of “houSE”, the end of “wiSE”; the front of “SEat”; the end of “univerSE”).
Page (ii)
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Your previous solution directs you to one of the houses.
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Selected by compass direction, the animal is the main thing to note.
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But the small symbols around the edge may prove useful later.
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In the south-east is the symbol of the MANTIS house.
Page (iii)
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This is a maze; each creature has two potential entry points to try.
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Starting based on the previous solution and finding a successful route through the maze will reach the other side.
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The solution is both the endpoint and the route to get there.
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Of the two paths leading from the mantis, the left leads to a dead end. The right path leads to a dagger, plus the shape of the path route itself should be noted.
Page (iv)
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Note what Anna is described as doing and look back at the symbols on page (ii).
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One name for the item from the previous solution fits in the space indicated by the symbol that matches the route to reach it.
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The other words fit elsewhere (use word length and letters to guide you). Shaded squares provide a solution word.
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BLADE fits in the first column. SAND and BONES fit in the other two columns, then CANDLE and SHELL fit in the rows. The highlighted letters spell SLASH.
Page (v)
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The solution from the previous page instructs you on what to do.
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There are some red herrings.
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One complete pattern will be formed.
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Cutting and assembling the shards on this page will create one complete symbol (plus two incomplete symbols that should be ignored).
Page (vi)
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Your solution from the previous page will direct you to make the correct choice.
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Based on the faces.
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The correct guise’s message is the solution.
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The third of the guises is the correct choice.
Page (vii)
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The solution to the previous page refers to some of the symbols here.
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Only two symbols are directly referred to.
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The word situated between the two symbols is the final answer.
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Between the leaf symbol and the moon symbol, the correct final answer is MOTHER