Au contraire, I would say that things are progressing quite smoothly now. Curses can be rather convenient things, can't they?

As to the research from yesterday... I have mixed thoughts concerning what I saw. On the one hand, it's quite frustrating to have what should be so simple elude us as it has... But on the other hand, after seeing your notes, I feel that we are on the right path. We simply need to press on. I'm more than hopeful that we can break this code and find a reliable solution to the problem.