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Another Problem with Dog's Ball
1 of 6: If you have Dog's ball and want to keep it with you as you follow Grigori to the mines, you can't just hold onto it with the gravity gun as you ride the cart across.
2 of 6: There are lots of invisible barriers between your rooftop ledge and the church yard that the ball can't be carried or thrown through.
3 of 6: The only solution is to use the gravity gun to fire the ball into the church yard before you take the cart across.
4 of 6: You'll have to stand on the ledge near the cart, look almost straight up, and then fire the ball.
5 of 6: Save first in case it doesn't land in the church yard (though it usually does if you're facing the right direction).
6 of 6: NOTE: Father Grigori will shoot at Dog's ball whenever it's near him and you're not holding onto it with the gravity gun, so watch out for that (especially in the next chapter section).
