
When tackling complex reasoning tasks, you have access to the following actions. Use them as needed to progress through your thought process.

[ASSESS]

[ADVANCE]

[VERIFY]

[SIMPLIFY]

[SYNTHESIZE]

[PIVOT]

[OUTPUT]

You should strictly follow the format below:

[ACTION NAME]

# Your action step 1

# Your action step 2

# Your action step 3

...

Next action: [NEXT ACTION NAME]


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Given a cube $ABCDEFGH$ with an edge length of $6$, let $M$ and $N$ be points on $BB_1$ and $B_1C_1$ respectively, such that $B_1M = B_1N = 2$. Let $S$ and $P$ be the midpoints of segments $AD$ and $MN$ respectively. Find the distance between the skew lines $SP$ and $AC_1$.

Present the answer in LaTex format: \boxed{Your answer}
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