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I can't figure out how to use the yellow link hexes. The process is quite opaque. I have information to look up using the records keeper, but no combination seems to do anything. I also know which wound happened in what order, but no idea what to actually do with them to represent this information.

It was not obvious at first that I could rotate the hexes, but I had to figure out how to do it to open the combination lock. I then tried rotating the yellow links to make their gray lines point into their targets, but even that doesn't seem to do anything. This mechanic seems like a "read the author's mind" puzzle, unfortunately. What am I missing?

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Update: I managed to get the yearbook by turning the arrows around the other way, and I identified the victim, but I can't then use the name to get any more information from the records keeper. I tried lining up the arrows the same way as for the yearbook, by pointing out of the Lookup Person edge (and many other combinations as well), but the hexes never light up and I can't get any response. Why is looking up a person different than getting information from an institution? Edit: I managed to get cause of death, but only by following the screenshot, which was completely counter-intuitive to me. 

Edit2: Managed to finish the prototype. It would certainly help to have some sort of feedback when items are connected in the right order but aren't the right answers, or when the wrong kind of item is connected. I spent so long on two things: trying to connect the key to the locker (was that locker just a red herring?) and trying to connect names to the records keeper (wrong item) and the next of kin (wrong name). I think now that I've finished the prototype, I kind of understand the interface better, but it took a lot of trial and error. It'd be helpful to show specific examples before throwing the user into an actual puzzle. The screenshots were helpful but showed outright solutions to a few pieces of the one puzzle that's available. Hope you can generate more puzzles soon.