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How do I get to the door on the far side, with the flashing red light?

  • 1 of 15: If you walk around the left side of the room, from the top of the stairs you can see that the missing section of floor is hanging down loose.  If you could only lift it back up again...
  • 2 of 15: But Mina isn't strong enough to do that.
  • 3 of 15: Neither is Jep.
  • 4 of 15: Perhaps there's something that can help Mina here.
  • 5 of 15: Just as it helped Jep reach the power box.
  • 6 of 15: Use a thruster on the fallen section of floor.
  • 7 of 15: The thruster does bring up the floor a bit... "but it's not enough".
  • 8 of 15: What one can't do, two might accomplish...
  • 9 of 15: Use a second thruster on the same section of floor, and it will come up level with the rest of the floor.
  • 10 of 15: However, there is still a small section missing -- just enough so that Mina can't reach this newly-supported section of floor.
  • 11 of 15: Perhaps there is something nearby that can help.
  • 12 of 15: Check for anything in the area that is "active".
  • 13 of 15: It seems that the length of fallen beam is moveable.
  • 14 of 15: Click on the beam to have Mina slide it so that it spans the gap in the floor.
  • 15 of 15: You can now cross the floor to the door on the far side.