son of a--

[graveexcitement]

so i started watching a LP of VLR (because that's what i do with games i like, i watch other people play them), and i just realized... that very first puzzle... has a bunch of elements regarding age/aging... including that poster with the elderly people and babies that says "Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of 80 and gradually approach 18"...

motherfucker. phi calling sigma "grandpa" in this scene is a hint. the age-themed puzzle is just taunting.