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Ico Hints
I see Yorda, but how do I get to her?
1 of 10: You're not going to be able to continue along the staircase.
2 of 10: But you do need to get on the other side of the gap that's stopping you from climbing any farther.
3 of 10: Look around this area for a way to free Yorda.
4 of 10: There's a lever at the end of the stairs.
5 of 10: Pull it to lower her cage, and retrace your steps back to the bottom of the room, going back through the windows to get around the gap in the staircase in the other direction.
6 of 10: The cage isn't all the way at the bottom of the room yet. You still need to lower that cage the last few feet to reach Yorda.
7 of 10: The cage probably isn't made to bare a lot of weight.
8 of 10: So try adding some more to it.
9 of 10: If you head up the other red ladder in this room (i.e., not the one to the stairs), you can walk along a ledge until you're just in front of the top of the cage.
10 of 10: Jump on it and the chain will break, freeing Yorda.
