
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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The "May Day" Golden Week is coming, and Xiaoming's family of five has decided to go out for a trip. The distribution of the train tickets they have purchased is shown in the diagram:

Window - 6A Seat - 6B Seat - 6C Seat - Aisle - 6D Seat - 6E Seat - Window

Among them, the grandfather likes to walk around and needs a seat near the aisle; the mother has to take care of the sister, so the two of them must sit together. The total number of possible seating arrangements is _____.

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