This puzzle is all about momentum, but it starts with a fairly tame obstacle: getting onto the platform.
How do I do that?
There's an orange portal above your head.
How does that help me?
If you crawled through a blue portal at a snail's pace, you wouldn't have the forward momentum necessary to reach the platform.
What if you were not a snail?
Help me out.
Jump or run through a blue portal. Your forward momentum will get you onto the platform.
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