I’d like to ask the good people of this community that, if you do know the solution or figure it out, that you not share the answer here. Feel free to announce your success, but there’s something to be said for discovering the answer completely unaided, even if it takes years.
It’s embarrassingly obvious once you see it though.
Got it. Nice puzzle.
First I figured out what was meant by the number 7 isn’t a typo, by jumping to the wrong solution. Next I figured out the next idea was and it worked. No spoilers ༼ᕗຈل͜ຈ༽ᕗ