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Scratches Hints

What do I do behind the gallery cabinet?

  • 1 of 10: Remember, this is the same cabinet that you saw in your dream.
  • 2 of 10: Did your dream give you any ideas for what you could try at the boarded-up wall?
  • 3 of 10: Remember how your dream ended?
  • 4 of 10: Use the hammer on the boards.
  • 5 of 10: It's pretty dark in the room behind the cabinet.  You won't be able to progress until you find a suitable light source.
  • 6 of 10: Once you are inside, with a burning lamp, you'll need to explore and examine everything there.  The only problem is -- there is still a dark corner.
  • 7 of 10: There is no way to make the lamp brighter to light this corner -- you'll need to find another way to bring additional light to that spot.
  • 8 of 10: You won't need to look far.
  • 9 of 10: There is a handy window located on the other side of this storage room.
  • 10 of 10: Move the bamboo aside to reveal a window.  With this added light, you should be able to read the papers in the dimly lit corner.