The problem faced at the Second Altar is a play on words. Can you combine the three objects to create one word? This is the answer section so it is of course going to tell you the answers below.
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IN DUST TREE
Answer: INDUSTRY
"Your meditation reveals an image of the past: A once lush land that has lost it's luster, now shrouded in a haze of pollution and littered with abandoned buildings of industry. The gods seem displeased."