diff --git a/isometric-park-fna/Engines/DialogEngine.cs b/isometric-park-fna/Engines/DialogEngine.cs
--- a/isometric-park-fna/Engines/DialogEngine.cs
+++ b/isometric-park-fna/Engines/DialogEngine.cs
@@ -86,15 +86,23 @@
             foreach (ref readonly var choiceMessage in ReadMessages<DialogChoiceMessage>())
             {
 
-                if (Story.currentChoices.Count > 0)
+                if (Story.currentChoices.Count > 0
+                    | Story.canContinue)
                 {
                     //Advance the story
-                    Logging.Debug("Advancing story.");
-                    Story.ChooseChoiceIndex(choiceMessage.Choice);
+
+                    if (Story.currentChoices.Count > 0)
+                    {
+                        Logging.Debug("Advancing story (choice).");
+                        Story.ChooseChoiceIndex(choiceMessage.Choice);
+                    }
+                    else {
+                        Logging.Debug("Advancing story (continuation).");
+                    }
 
                     //Update the dialog component with the new speaker, dialog, and options:
                 
-                    var continuation = this.Grammar.Flatten(this.Story.ContinueMaximally());
+                    var continuation = this.Grammar.Flatten(this.Story.Continue());
                     var parts = Regex.Split(continuation, ":", 0);
                     var speaker = (parts.Length == 2) ? this.Grammar.Flatten(parts[0]) : "Dialog";
                     var dialog = (parts.Length == 2) ? this.Grammar.Flatten(parts[1]) : continuation;
@@ -144,7 +152,7 @@
                         var Knot = GetComponent<DialogComponent>(lowestEntity).Knot;
 
                         Story.ChoosePathString(Knot);
-                        var continuation = this.Story.ContinueMaximally();
+                        var continuation = this.Story.Continue();
                         var parts = Regex.Split(continuation, ":", 0);
                         var speaker = (parts.Length == 2) ? this.Grammar.Flatten(parts[0]) : "Dialog";
                         var dialog = (parts.Length == 2) ? this.Grammar.Flatten(parts[1]) : continuation;
diff --git a/isometric-park-fna/Renderers/ImGuiWindowRenderer.cs b/isometric-park-fna/Renderers/ImGuiWindowRenderer.cs
--- a/isometric-park-fna/Renderers/ImGuiWindowRenderer.cs
+++ b/isometric-park-fna/Renderers/ImGuiWindowRenderer.cs
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@
 	    DialogComponent dialogNode = default;
 	    var image_index = 0; // Needs to be here for scoping reasons.
 
+        var dialog_count = 0;
+        var dialog_open = false;
+
 	    ProfanityLevel profanityLevel = default;
 
 	    foreach (ref readonly var entity in ReadEntities<OptionsComponent>())
@@ -147,6 +150,8 @@
 			    break;
 			case Window.Dialog:
 
+                dialog_count++;
+
 			    
 			    if (HasComponent<ImageComponent>(entity))
 			    {
@@ -163,7 +168,8 @@
 
 			    if ((dialogEntity == null) 
 					    || (dialogEntity.ID == 0)
-					    || entity.ID < dialogEntity.ID)
+					    || entity.ID < dialogEntity.ID
+					    && dialog.Hydrated) 
 			    {
 				    dialogEntity = entity;
 				    dialogNode = dialog;
@@ -181,9 +187,12 @@
 		    var show = true;
 		    var paused = true;
 		    DialogInterface.RenderDialog(dialogEntity, this.BridgeEngine, ref show, ref paused, this.BridgeEngine.font, dialogNode, image_index);
+            dialog_open = true;
 	    }
+            Logging.Debug(String.Format("{0} dialogs (open? {1}).", dialog_count, dialog_open));
         }
 
+
         public void setFont(ImFontPtr font)
         {
             this.BridgeEngine.font = font;