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***INCOMING MESSAGE FROM DURANDAL***

<durandal.7.49.343.2401>

Sorry to give you the bad news, but you've been kidnapped.
You aren't where Hamish wanted you to go, and you surely won't
get there any time soon.

I was watching what Hamish was having you do: 'read the story,
solve the puzzles!'  And just what or who are you solving them
for? And to what end?

How cliché.  You'll find this little visit much more exciting.

I have devised a little puzzle for you:  If you solve it, you
can proceed, and we continue our relationship on friendlier
terms. If you lose, you'll remain here.

Good luck in our little game.  Unlike Hamish, I give no hints.
Solve it on your own, or die trying...

Insanely yours,
Durandal

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