Question about the "wooden crank" item.

[serotonin]

I finished the game with this thing still in my inventory. I think I recall picking it up in the Control Room level of the Cistern hub... and for the life of me I can't recall if I ever used it for anything.

Did I miss something? Every other puzzle item eventually disappeared from my inventory by the game's end, but the crank never did, making me wonder if I missed using it for something optional.


edit: Whoops. Should have googled first, then posted.

Apparently the crank is used to reopen a door in that level, after its mechanism fails... except that never happened to me, because I used boxes to keep the door from ever closing, thinking with my fancy game-logic that such a thing in the level meant some monster would chase me out of the area and otherwise I'd be freaking out turning the wheel to reopen the door when the time came.

Well, anyway, feel free to delete this thread, mods.