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Based upon FXC’s mention of a “dizzyingly high rail fence,” Jen is able conclude that the chapter 8 cipher is a rail fence cipher with 19 rails. This is a cipher which uses superscript and subscript letters to encode a message. The final message says “HAVE YOU EVER STOPPED THINKING ABOUT HER HAVE YOU EVER GIVEN ANYONE ELSE A CHANCE” Here, we assume that FXC was talking about Straka’s relationship with Durand. This raises the question: how much does Straka really love FXC? If he is only interested in Durand, why is she going through all the trouble of leaving him notes? Does Ship of Theseus contain a love story, or is it just a tale of self-discovery?Ch8 Cipher from www.sfiles22.blogspot.com