Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed exploring the game so thoroughly!
As for the hint, I’ll copy someone else’s trick I saw. Put the text below into the box on this page:
Gur fanpx vf cvr--V bayl zragvba vg orpnhfr vg urycf pbagrkghnyvmr gur bgure bowrpg va gur gjb qernz ohooyrf: zvyx. Ohg, lbh cebonoyl xabj gurer'f ab zvyx **va** gur ubhfr. ;)