PLEASE EMAIL ME AT ha.david.125@gmail.com FOR HINTS! There is no penalty for them. I am happy to help with this or any other puzzle! The last time I did a puzzlehunt, I believe I requested > 10 hints. And it was a short hunt.

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Printing the image out is a good way to solve; if you don't have a printer, you can open the image as a Google Drawing by clicking here, then click "File -> Make a copy" to edit the image in your browser.