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Adventure Game Hints

General Questions

Is the Engineer robot important? Answers: 1. Only the Engineer robot can fix the Thumb. 2. Once you've summoned the Engineer robot, SHOW (or GIVE) THE THUMB TO THE ENGINEER ROBOT. 3. If the robot claims that there's nothing wrong with the Thumb, then it wasn't broken. 4. If the Thumb is broken, the Engineer robot won't agree to fix it unless you also SHOW THE GUARANTEE TO THE ENGINEER ROBOT. Next answer Questions: 1. Is there any significance to 'no tea'? 2. What the Zark is the thing my aunt gave me which I don't know what it is? 3. Is the Hitchhiker's Guide important? 4. What is the Thumb? How does it work? Is it important? 5. Is the Engineer robot important? 6. What's all this nonsense about fluff? 7. What do I do about the plant? 8. What are all these tools scattered throughout the game? 9. What is the goal of the game? 10. How can I read the footnotes?

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