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How can I redirect one of the lasers with a redirection cube?
1 of 11: First, you'll need to get a hold of the cube.
2 of 11: It's on the upper floor section that's in one corner of the chamber.
3 of 11: You can see the cube from the main floor, and can even jump up and grab it.
4 of 11: Or you can portal yourself up onto its high-up floor to get it.
5 of 11: To do that, fire an orange portal onto the ceiling above the cube (or onto a nearby wall), then place a blue portal on a wall you can reach so you can go through it.
6 of 11: Once you get the cube, look for a way to use it to redirect the lower of the two laser beams.
7 of 11: That beam passes right over the raised platform that's in the center of the chamber, so you'll need to get the cube (and yourself) onto it.
8 of 11: If you're on the cube's high-up floor, you can jump from it to the platform while carrying the cube.
9 of 11: If you're down on the main floor, you can put a blue portal on the ceiling above the platform, then put an orange portal on a wall so that you can go through it while carrying the cube.
10 of 11: Once you and the cube are on the platform, place the cube so that it redirects the laser beam into the receptacle that's on a wall at the beam's level.
11 of 11: NOTE: If you already used portals to redirect the other laser beam, you'll have to redo that process (unless you combined it with this one by setting the portals and then jumping to the platform with the cube).
