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Where can I get the cabinet's key?
1 of 12: Samuel won't leave the lobby area until you raid the cabinet, so the key must be hidden nearby.
2 of 12: Check around the cabinet close-up view to see what is interactive besides the cabinet doorknobs.
3 of 12: You can pick up the little vase that's setting near a bottle on the cabinet ledge.
4 of 12: Right-click on it in inventory to see that it has a slot in the bottom.
5 of 12: What do you have that might fit into that slot?
6 of 12: It's something that you've had since early in Chapter I, though you may never have noticed it.
7 of 12: It's hiding inside one of the inventory items.
8 of 12: When you right-click on an inventory item, you usually just get a description of it, but sometimes you get something more.
9 of 12: Try right-clicking on your wallet.
10 of 12: You get a coin! (NOTE: Even if you've removed the coin from the wallet in previous chapters, you may need to do so again in this chapter.)
11 of 12: Coins go in slots, so try using this coin on the vase.
12 of 12: Hey, the vase is a cabinet key vending machine! Cool! Once you insert the coin and get the key, use it on the cabinet's doorknobs to open it.
