
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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Consider the two points \(A(4,1)\) and \(B(2,5)\). For each point \(C\) with positive integer coordinates, we define \(d_C\) to be the shortest distance needed to travel from \(A\) to \(C\) to \(B\) moving only horizontally and/or vertically. The positive integer \(N\) has the property that there are exactly 2023 points \(C(x, y)\) with \(x > 0\) and \(y > 0\) and \(d_C = N\). What is the value of \(N\)?

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