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Ankh Hints
How can I get this can open?
1 of 12: There aren't any can openers around, so you'll have to improvise.
2 of 12: Find something hard and fairly sharp that you can gouge the can on.
3 of 12: Like a bed of nails.
4 of 12: Leave the sphinx via the convenient emergency exit to end up right next to the bed of nails at the souvenir stand.
5 of 12: Use the can on the bed of nails.
6 of 12: Unfortunately, that "doesn't seem to work."
7 of 12: Think about it. In order to hit the can against the nails hard enough to tear it open, Assil would risk tearing his hand open, too.
8 of 12: You'll have to think of a way to apply the can to the bed of nails forcefully without risking injury. (After all, injury drains your energy bar, and you haven't got much left.)
9 of 12: What if the can were to fall on the bed of nails from way up in the Sphinx's head?
10 of 12: Go back in through the Sphinx's paw and back up to the head area.
11 of 12: Now, instead of going down the emergency exit yourself, use the can on either of its open nostril hatches.
12 of 12: You'll soon learn that the bed of nails slashed the can open.
