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-------------------- "I was surprised by the matter-of-factness of Kafka's narration, and the subtle humor present as a result." (Sizer 2005)
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Well, there seems to be a pattern in that each line is just "q w e r t y u i o p", with one of the letters replaced by the letter "a".
There are 13 lines, not including the top line, "@@@ABCDEFG", which could be some sort of key.
The letters replaced in each line are (in order): y y r r r y t e e w w w q
or letter number 6 6 4 4 4 6 5 3 3 2 2 2 1 of the sequence "q w e r t y u i o p"
There are 10 letters in "q w e r t y u i o p", and there are also 10 letters in "@@@ABCDEFG".
I still don't see the answer, though. There is possibly a cryptic meaning to Tom's clue, that the solution is more answer than result, but maybe I'm reading too much into it.
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The Battle of the Pelennor Fields.
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Some promising work done already. A hint: the "@@@" could and should be replaced with three letters. (With 'em, the code would have been bloody obvious)
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