diff --git a/game/init.fnl b/game/init.fnl
index bf57e60..c9261f1 100644
--- a/game/init.fnl
+++ b/game/init.fnl
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
   (vm:drop)
   [:block
     :row
-      [:ldy 0x2f] [:lda 0]
+      [:ldy 0x27] [:lda 0]
     :start
       [:sta [vm.W] :y]
       [:dey]
@@ -324,13 +324,39 @@
 (vm:word :draw-char ; pscreen c --
   :lookup-pchar :draw-pchar)
 
-(vm:word :draw-text ; st --
-  0x2257 (vm:while [:over :bget :dup] ; st pscreen c
+(vm:word :snooze (vm:for))
+(vm:word :textsnooze 0x40 :snooze)
+(vm:word :draw-text1 0x2257 :draw-text)
+(vm:word :draw-text2 0x22d7 :draw-text)
+(vm:word :draw-text3 0x2357 :draw-text)
+(vm:word :draw-text4 0x23d7 :draw-text)
+(vm:word :draw-text ; st pscreen --
+  (vm:while [:over :bget :dup] ; st pscreen c
     :over :swap :draw-char ; st pscreen
+    :textsnooze
     :inc :swap :inc :swap)
-  :drop :drop)
+  :drop :drop :drop)
+(vm:word :cleartext
+  0x2257 :clearline 0x22d7 :clearline 0x2357 :clearline 0x23d7 :clearline)
 
-(vm:word :hello-world (vm:str "HELLO, WORLD!") :draw-text)
+(vm:word :wait-for-return (vm:until :read-key (string.byte "\r") :=))
+(vm:word :dismiss-dialog :wait-for-return :cleartext)
+
+(fn with-footer [...] [:vm :drawfooter [:vm ...] :clearfooter])
+(fn say [portrait ...]
+  (local result [:vm :lit (.. :p portrait) :draw-portrait])
+  (local lines [...])
+  (local ilineOffset (if (< (length lines) 4) 1 0))
+  (each [iline line (ipairs lines)]
+    (table.insert result [:vm (vm:str line) (.. :draw-text (+ iline ilineOffset))]))
+  (table.insert result :dismiss-dialog)
+  result)
+
+(vm:word :hello-world
+  (with-footer
+    (say :jaye "THAT WAS AN EARTHQUAKE!")
+    (say :neut "GOLLY GEE JAYE, YOU'RE RIGHT!" "WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO??")
+    (say :jaye "WE" "MUST" "NOT" "PANIC!!")))
 
 (tile.appendtiles tiles-org)
 
@@ -340,8 +366,6 @@
 
 ; 20x12 means full map is 240 bytes - we have an extra 16 bytes at the end to mess with?
 (tile.appendmaps (prg:org 0x4800))
-
-(font-org:append :font)
 (tile.appendgfx font-org (tile.loadgfx tile.fn-font))
 
 (code1:append :main