event_inherited()
if interact
{
    if (global.party_member != -4)
    {
        scr_text()
        with (msg)
        {
            sndfnt = 102
            message[0] = "* (We need to stay#  focused.)"
            message[1] = "* (Let's not bother the#  townsfolk with our#  problems.)"
            prt[0] = 321
            prt[1] = 338
        }
        return;
    }
    scr_text()
    is_talking = true
    switch npc_flag
    {
        case 0:
            with (msg)
            {
                portrait = false
                sndfnt = 99
                message[0] = "* Gotta beat this heat."
                message[1] = "* I'm losin' it."
            }
            npc_flag += 1
            break
        case 1:
            with (msg)
            {
                portrait = false
                sndfnt = 99
                message[0] = "* Mirrages, man..."
                message[1] = "* Can't trust your eyes out#  here."
            }
            npc_flag += 1
            break
        case 2:
            with (msg)
            {
                message[0] = "* Stay away from precarious#  paths."
                message[1] = "* You'll just turn up back where#  you started, for real."
            }
            npc_flag += 1
            break
        case 3:
            with (msg)
                message[0] = "* Gotta beat this heat."
            break
    }

}