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We might also be meant to ignore something in particular, as the problem states "by the source of knowledge". If the Tome of Alien Languages Vol 1 is that source, maybe it doesn't count for the puzzle.

When the book lies open at :54, I'm assuming no one can read that? ;

Truuue

I was also thinking like... "an answer merged together" could be referring to the book of "Interesting Roleplay," which is a compilation.

Hm. The word "interesting" seems like maybe an unusual choice, too.

"The way this answer is merged together is quite regular" - a new clue from the bottles probably pertaining to this!

Ooo!

That's... a weird one

Regular expressions are involved in this, maybe?

Hm. Maybe. Regexes don't really deal with merging, but with finding patterns in raw text.

There are regular and irregular methods of merging...?

Or maybe it's a less direct hint, using the word "regular?"

I have watched this video so many times and I am about to lose my mind.

Can you merge books. Is that a thing.

Like a compilation?

Could be a perfect shuffle. There are technically two seperated shelves.

If we take the book titles as a key, what letters are we taking from each one? The first?

I think so? Might want to try one version leaving out articles and the other just doing 'em straight across.

What about "Carribean, Pirates of the" It's mostly cut of, and it's a weird structure.

pb itaeca te
pb itjeca ge

no luck so far

Re: Carribean - C?

Remove Cs from the rest of the text?

Nooo, no. Maybe it's just the top words of the books - the very tops of the columns - that we need to focus on?