By now you may recognize that each hint uses letters preceding the current letter, therefore use that to guide you on a new answer. After all, it's a hint for a reason :). So for dad, what can you do with the "d" to make it somehow an "e"?
This is the worst kind of puzzle, in the company of "There's a dead man in a cabin in the woods with items x, y, and z. How did he die?". The "correct" answers are completely arbitrary and the rules change as it goes along.
I like it. It's more a game of psychology than logic or reasoning - you need to get into the author's frame of mind to come up with the same solutions he did.
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[ 3.3 ms ] story [ 85.2 ms ] threadedit: Nevermind, I understand now.
I typed "a"
It still said "a"
I didn't know what to do, so I left.
I'm stuck on "india". Edit: Got it. On to the next one.
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BTW - it's case sensitive so try both ways if it doesn't work.
edit Please no one do this.
<input type="hidden" name="pans" value=[previous answer]/>
<input type="hidden" name="hint" value=[current question]/>
Neither one tells you anything you don't already know without the source code.