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1 of 22: You know the prisoner's a woman, so you may not have bothered to examine the coins this time.
2 of 22: But you need to, because they're not quite the same as they were.
3 of 22: This time each coin has a flip side. On the other side of the Old Man is a Gravestone; on the other side of the Snake is a Crescent Moon; and on the other side of the Prisoner is an Egg.
4 of 22: With that in mind, let's look at the poem again:
5 of 22: The quotes around "right" make it stand out like a sore thumb.
6 of 22: It could mean we start from the right and go left.
7 of 22: "Thrice falling" could mean we have to flip the coins --
8 of 22: -- but since the game doesn't let you place them flipside up in the slots, it's just telling us we only need three coins for the five slots.
9 of 22: "The Horned One" is either the Snake or its obverse, the Crescent Moon (which looks like horns, or so they used to think). So that coin isn't first.
10 of 22: "The first note" is sounded in the place that "all sins be sprung." You might think this was just a misogynist reference to the woman coin.
11 of 22: But she's referred to later. Think more primeval, even before Eve.
12 of 22: What came before Eden? Nothingness.
13 of 22: So the first space is empty.
14 of 22: Next is "the Bringer of Life." That could equally apply to woman or egg, so the Prisoner/Egg is next --
15 of 22: -- followed by "The Bringer of Shame." That sounds like the Snake to me.
16 of 22: So the Snake/Crescent Moon is next.
17 of 22: "The Aged One" is the Old Man --
18 of 22: -- but before him is "the Formless One." Another blank.
19 of 22: "The gravest of sinners whose place be appointed" sure sounds like a Gravestone to me. So the Old Man/Gravestone is in the last spot.
20 of 22: So the array is: empty -- Prisoner -- Snake -- empty -- Old Man.
21 of 22: Except, of course, we're reading from right to left this time. Remember "right"?
22 of 22: So the REAL final array is: Old Man -- empty -- Snake -- Prisoner -- empty.
