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Painting-World-6

World 6's painting

World 6, Hesitance, is the fifth world in Braid.

World Mechanic[]

World 6 provides the player with a magic ring which, when dropped, warps the flow of time. Nearby the ring, moving objects (including Tim) travel in slow motion at only one-fifth their normal speed. (In fan-made mods for the game, the ring's warp effect can be changed to instead accelerate the passage of time, freeze time entirely, or even create a bubble of reverse-time.) The regular rewind control remains available.

Levels[]

Level-3-16-1: The Pit?
Level-3-26-2: There and Back Again
Level-3-36-3: Phase?
Level-6-46-4: Cascade
Level-6-56-5: Impassible Foliage
Level-6-66-6: Elevator Action
Level-6-76-7: In Another Castle

Storyline[]

      Green-Book

      Perhaps in a perfect world, the ring would be a symbol of happiness. It's a sign of ceaseless devotion: even if he will never find the Princess, he will always be trying. He still will wear the ring.

      Green-Book

      But the ring makes its presence known. It shines out to others like a beacon of warning. It makes people slow to approach. Suspicion, distrust. Interactions are torpedoed before Tim can open his mouth.

      Green-Book

      In time he learns to deal with others carefully. He matches their hesitant pace, tracing a soft path through their defenses. But this exhausts him, and it only works to a limited degree. It doesn't get him what he needs.

      Green-Book

      Tim begins to hide the ring in his pocket. But he can hardly bear it — too long tucked away, that part of him might suffocate.


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