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2021-12-20 22:04 dustin  
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solution free! ten fireflies are just enough to keep the gate open until ^ has pushed the | through.   
  
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4^6  
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this is the cavescanning order around rockford, where our hero is at position 5.element 6 is scanned directly after rockford. so if position 6 is occupied by a firefly and 8 is a vertical-growing wall, then if ^ moves, the firefly can immediately occupy his position before the gwall gets the chance to close the gate. the same logic works if 5 is occupied by a firefly as well. so the cavescanning order allows the whole "firefly snake" to move through the gate before it's closed.