At this point, it's possible that not much still looks important to a solver. However, if one examines the border of the image closely, they'll notice that it's made up of a seemingly random selection of characters (a mix of +, -, ., <, >,, [, and ].) If they do a bit of research into what these characters have in common, they may come across an esoteric programming language known as
Brainfuck, which is confirmed by the presence of the word in the puzzle's text. If solvers compile the characters into a single string starting at the top border, they will end up with a valid Brainfuck program:
++++++++++[>+>+++>+++++++>++++++++++<<<<-]>>>>+++++++++++++++++++.---------------.---.+++++++++++++.-------------.<<++.>>+++.+++++++.-------------..+++++++.+++++++++++.-.<<.>>-------.---.+++++++++++++.-----------------.
This program, if run (either in a dedicated desktop program, or via one of the many online compilers), will output the text
where hobbits live
, which is a clue to the final five-letter answer.