"Oh yes, clearly I have no idea what I'm doing! That's why I got here before you!"

But Ezekiel is not moving away from the lock even as Jake approaches – which might point to the credibility of his story. His eyes are focused on the different tiles, not using the riddle in form of actual symbols on top of them to crack it but the way the mechanism itself speaks to him.

"Don't touch me if you want to live! I can't stop now. It's a pressure sensitive three-phase lock and I'm only halfway through phase one."