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The Orange Box: Half-Life 2: Episode Two Hints

What does she need me to do?

  • 1 of 6: Wait around while she climbs up into a loft and looks around.
  • 2 of 6: Before long, Alyx will knock down a large cable with a plug on its end.
  • 3 of 6: Look on the wall near where the cable is dangling.
  • 4 of 6: If you've played the main game, you'll find this situation very familiar.
  • 5 of 6: You need to stick the dangling cable's plug into the empty socket on the wall.
  • 6 of 6: Grab onto the loose plug with the gravity gun's Secondary Fire mode, then walk up to the empty socket in order to stick the plug into it.