event_inherited()
if interact
{
    scr_text()
    is_talking = true
    switch npc_flag
    {
        case 0:
            with (msg)
            {
                portrait = false
                sndfnt = 99
                message[0] = "* There is a torch on one side..."
                message[1] = "* But not on the other..."
                message[2] = "* The feng shui of this place is#  terrible."
            }
            npc_flag = 1
            break
        case 1:
            with (msg)
            {
                portrait = false
                sndfnt = 99
                message[0] = "* Wait..."
                message[1] = "* WHAT IF THERE IS A DEEPER#  MEANING TO IT?"
                message[2] = "* THE TORCH IS A METAPHOR FOR THE#  INCOMPLETE NATURE OF LIFE."
                message[3] = "* I'LL NEVER LOOK AT THE#  UNDERGROUND THE SAME WAY AGAIN."
            }
            npc_flag = 2
            break
        case 2:
            with (msg)
            {
                portrait = false
                sndfnt = 99
                message[0] = "* HNNNNGGGGHHHHH"
            }
            break
    }

}