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How I reach the exit in the next section after the windmill?
  • 1 of 8: If you look straight up as you've just left the windmill, you should see a set of idol doors.  That's the exit.
  • 2 of 8: Ico can jump onto the chain and climb, but of course, it's never that easy for Yorda.  So you're going to have to go on your own and look for a way to bring her around the long way.
  • 3 of 8: Climb that chain and go down the stairs to the courtyard at the bottom.  Look around and see what you can find.
  • 4 of 8: Pay close attention to the grates in the middle of the courtyard.
  • 5 of 8: One of them is open.
  • 6 of 8: Go through it, and you'll be in an underground passage.
  • 7 of 8: You can see Yorda on the other side of a gate down here.
  • 8 of 8: After that, you still need to get her back up to the top section of the courtyard.