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
@@ -124,8 +124,7 @@
                     }
 
                     //Update the dialog component with the new speaker, dialog, and options:
-
-                    var continuation = BleepAndFlatten(this.Story.Continue(), profanity_setting);
+                    var continuation = BleepAndFlatten(this.Story.ContinueMaximally(), profanity_setting);
                     var parts = Regex.Split(continuation, ":", 0);
                     var speaker = (parts.Length == 2) ? BleepAndFlatten(parts[0], profanity_setting) : "Dialog";
                     var dialog = (parts.Length == 2) ? BleepAndFlatten(parts[1], profanity_setting) : continuation;
@@ -177,7 +176,7 @@
                         var Knot = GetComponent<DialogComponent>(lowestEntity).Knot;
 
                         Story.ChoosePathString(Knot);
-                        var continuation = this.Story.Continue();
+                        var continuation = this.Story.ContinueMaximally();
                         var parts = Regex.Split(continuation, ":", 0);
                         var speaker = (parts.Length == 2) ? BleepAndFlatten(parts[0], profanity_setting) : "Dialog";
                         var dialog = (parts.Length == 2) ? BleepAndFlatten(parts[1], profanity_setting) : continuation;
diff --git a/isometric-park-fna/UI/Dialog.cs b/isometric-park-fna/UI/Dialog.cs
--- a/isometric-park-fna/UI/Dialog.cs
+++ b/isometric-park-fna/UI/Dialog.cs
@@ -145,7 +145,8 @@
                                         ImGuiWindowBridgeEngine bridgeEngine, ref bool show, ImFontPtr font, DialogComponent dialogComponent, int imageIndex)
         {
             var paused = true;
-            if (show)
+            if (show
+                    && !String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(dialogComponent.CurrentDialog))
             {
                 ImGui.PushFont(font);
                 ImGui.GetStyle().WindowMenuButtonPosition = ImGuiDir.None;
@@ -183,11 +184,11 @@
 
                 ImGui.NextColumn();
 
-
-                if (dialogComponent.CurrentDialog != null)
+                if (!String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(dialogComponent.CurrentDialog))
                 {
                     string messageText = dialogComponent.CurrentDialog;
                     ImGui.TextWrapped(messageText);
+                    Logging.Info("Dialog: \"" + messageText + "\"");
                 }
 
                 ImGui.Columns(1);
@@ -224,17 +225,21 @@
                     }
                 }
 
-                if (dialogComponent.CurrentDialog == null)
-                {
-                    show = false;
-                    paused = false;
-
-                }
                 ImGui.End();
                 ImGui.GetStyle().WindowMenuButtonPosition = ImGuiDir.Left;
                 StyleSets.defaultSet.pop();
                 ImGui.PopFont();
             }
+            if (String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(dialogComponent.CurrentDialog))
+            {
+                    show = false;
+                    paused = false;
+                    bridgeEngine.dialogChoiceMessages.Add(new DialogChoiceMessage
+                        {
+                            Entity = entity,
+                            Choice = -1
+                        });
+            }
             if (!paused)
             {
                 bridgeEngine.gameRateMessages.Add(new GameRateMessage {