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ordinarily stored. A player might also be deeply frustrated by accidentally
drawing a seal incorrectly aer a boss ght, which would result in the
boss being resurrected. In practice, though, the use of dots on the circle as
connectors between the lines of the seals is a useful way of guiding play-
ers, allowing them to connect the dots rather than forcing them to draw
the seals freehand. e connect the dots approach also makes gesture rec-
ognition easier, since a matching algorithm can break the seal into dis-
crete line segments rather than attempting to make an overall judgment o