Some unanswered questions.

[serotonin]

- What was the deal with Professor Herbert?

According to the diaries, Herbert found his own Orb, apparently (I guess there were two at the dig site in Algeria, the broken one Daniel found, and another intact one Herbert found)... whatever happened to him? One of the diaries says he escaped into the desert with the Shadow apparently pursuing him, and the 'lost' diaries in the super_secret.rar confirm that Herbert fled to some desert town somewhere with someone named Abdullah... and implied that Herbert was actually inhabiting Abdullah's body.

I think I smell a sequel set in Algeria...


- What was the significance of the rose petals (or whatever flower they were)?

Their appearance on the ground was a constant theme throughout the game, and occasional flashback scenes and other "unsettling events" had them falling from the sky in front of Daniel's eyes.

What was supposed to be the meaning of that?


- Why was Daniel able to simply piece an Orb back together with some adhesive (twice), when evidently Alexander could never do so himself with his own broken Orb?

What made Daniel so damned special that he could do that?


- Why does the Shadow leave Daniel alone in the 'revenge' ending?

He's still the one who originally took the Orb. Why did Alexander become a suitable substitute for the Shadow's final wrath? The deaths of none of the other people Daniel associated with regarding the Orb and were subsequently killed by the pursuing Shadow seemed to sate the Shadow.


- Why did a naked corpse suddenly spawn into existence on a bed frame in front of Daniel in the prison cell area near the end of the game (after Daniel breaks out of his own cell)?

This obviously isn't as significant a question as the others, but it's an oddity that stuck in my mind. This particular "unsettling event" in the game didn't scare me so much as confuse me. My sanity wasn't low at the time, so it wasn't an insane vision. Was there some sort of larger context to the event I missed?