event_inherited()
if interact
{
    scr_text()
    switch npc_flag
    {
        case 0:
            with (msg)
            {
                portrait = false
                sndfnt = 99
                talker[0] = other
                message[0] = "* What's out there? What's out#  there??"
                message[1] = "* No! Follow the path. FOLLOW#  THE PATH."
            }
            npc_flag = 1
            break
        case 1:
            with (msg)
            {
                portrait = false
                sndfnt = 99
                talker[0] = other
                message[0] = "* WHO'S PULLING THE STRINGS,#  HUH???"
                message[1] = "* A WILL AIN'T FREE. LOSS IS#  CERTAIN."
            }
            npc_flag = 2
            break
        case 2:
            with (msg)
            {
                portrait = false
                sndfnt = 99
                talker[0] = other
                message[0] = "* hNNNNNNG."
            }
            break
    }

}