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METRICS
Cycles > Cost > Area
Rate + Steady State Area
REAGENTS
Elemental Gold
Salt
PRODUCTS
Cool Earring (Left)
Cool Earring (Right)
Alara Fen
Ooh, these look nice.
Mikael Eltus
You should get them! Wait, what are you doing?
Alara Fen
Have you never seen an alchemist's loupe before?
Mikael Eltus
Well, yes, but…
Alara Fen
So that's how they're making that color! Let's head back—I've been looking for something to work on while we wait for the probe data.
download: OM2023_WO_CoolEarrings.puzzle (where do i put this?)