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Broken Sword 5 Hints

What am I supposed to find in the office?

  • 1 of 6: What were you coming here for?
  • 2 of 6: George needs info about the owner of Vera Security.
  • 3 of 6: There's no filing cabinet here, so only thing that could contain info is the shredder on the table.
  • 4 of 6: Try to get the letter from the shredder.
  • 5 of 6: Once the paper is completely shredded, a puzzle game starts to reconstruct the letter.
  • 6 of 6: I can't help you with this, but it's easier to start from the right as you see the blue curve and the lizard logo.