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Andromeda squeezed the water out of her hair, then out of her clothes. It left a dark wet spot on the dry sand.

Some guy named Tom asked about the puzzle. She introduced herself and explained "It looks like we're not allowed to use the canoe yet. I found a key and a matching chest, but there must be something else." She looked at her surroundings. "Let's see, there's a vase of flowers next to the path to the town square, there's a panther mask on the right end of the beach, a deer mask on the left end, a torch marking a buried chest over here, and a canoe for two people over there. And Raith found a paddle somewhere." She sighed. "Eugh, I can't think like this". Andromeda took off her hiking boots and poured the water out of them.

The dry sand felt much better than wet socks and boots, but now she wasn't sure what to do with the wet footwear. After staring at them for a while, she wrinkled her nose in disgust and stuffed the wet shoes and socks in her backpack.