event_inherited()
if interact
{
    scr_text()
    is_talking = 1
    switch npc_flag
    {
        case 0:
            with (msg)
            {
                portrait = false
                sndfnt = 99
                message[0] = "* I just ADORE mining!!"
                message[1] = "* Mine mine mine mine mine mine#  day and night!!"
                message[2] = "* Gonna find a whole buncha...#  SPARKLY GEmS!!"
            }
            npc_flag++
            break
        case 1:
            with (msg)
            {
                portrait = false
                sndfnt = 99
                message[0] = "* Do not doubt my work ethic for#  one sEcond!!"
                message[1] = "* I work HARD and am nOT on thin#  ice with the Foreman!!"
                message[2] = "* I am on the thickest ice of all#  tIME!!"
            }
            npc_flag++
            break
        case 2:
            with (msg)
            {
                portrait = false
                sndfnt = 99
                message[0] = "* Mining mining mining!!"
                message[1] = "* ..."
                message[2] = "* Okay, I can't handle this!!"
                message[3] = "* I'm on my fourteenth warning!!#  FOURTEENTH!!"
                message[4] = "* I've heard rumors that the#  Foreman has a \"sixteen strikes,#  you're out\" policy!!"
                message[5] = "* Couldn't he lighten up a#  little??"
            }
            npc_flag++
            break
        case 3:
            with (msg)
            {
                portrait = false
                sndfnt = 99
                message[0] = "* HahA!! This is fun!!"
            }
            break
    }

}
if (!is_talking)
{
    sprite_index = spr_miner_stable
    image_speed = 0.4
    if (floor(image_index == 0) || ceil(image_index) == 6)
    {
        if point_in_rectangle(x, y, __view_get((0 << 0), 0), __view_get((1 << 0), 0), ((__view_get((0 << 0), 0)) + (__view_get((2 << 0), 0))), ((__view_get((1 << 0), 0)) + (__view_get((3 << 0), 0))))
        {
            if ((!audio_is_playing(snd_pickaxe_ding)) && (!audio_is_playing(snd_pickaxe_ding2)))
                audio_play_sound(choose(268, 269), 1, 0)
        }
    }
}
else
{
    if (npc_flag == 3 && obj_dialogue.message_current > 1 && obj_dialogue.message_current < 5)
        sprite_index = spr_miner_unstable
    else
        sprite_index = spr_miner_stable_talk
    image_speed = 0.4
}