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Card #c323IR // #c323Synthesis

But to seek that Dissolvent, or the matter whereof it is made, in Metals, is not only Error but Madness.

— In our words · Source: Euphrates, or the Waters of the East (Thomas Vaughan (Vol. VII))

[Use when]

When a team searches for the unlock inside the locked object.

[Why it matters]

Looking for the solvent inside what it is meant to dissolve is category madness.

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