Hey I think there's a bug in your Game's Code. I did everything but sort of sequence broke because I put in the Grandfather Clock code before putting the hands in. So I got to read the books but the Crow didn't drop anything.
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Same here. I saved by the combination lock door and had same issue (had to reload and tried the code before getting the clock hands). since then, reloading that save yields to the bird never dropping the key. Does everything have to be done in a specific order on a new game with no saves for it to work or something?