Better approach: In a version-4 UUID, the 13th character (first digit of third group) should be 4 . Here the third group is bdc9 – the first character is b , not 4 . So this is a standard version-4 UUID. Checking version bits:
She followed the melody to the station once more and climbed the stairs to the ticket window. The brass did not gleam here; time had shown it mercy rather than care. There, tucked inside the drawer where change had once clinked, she found a folded slip of paper. On it was written in a careful hand: "Name is keeper. Keeper leaves to save the town from knowing. If you read this, then it is time." 4bce6bec-d94b-bdc9-8531-5f0fac3a084c