diff --git a/isometric-park-fna/Components/Dialog.cs b/isometric-park-fna/Components/Dialog.cs
--- a/isometric-park-fna/Components/Dialog.cs
+++ b/isometric-park-fna/Components/Dialog.cs
@@ -12,8 +12,10 @@
 	public struct DialogComponent : IComponent/*, IHasEntity*/ {
         public string Knot;
         public string CurrentDialog;
-        // public Entity Entity {get; set;}
         public string CurrentSpeaker;
         public List<string> Options;
+        public bool Hydrated { get {
+            return (this.CurrentDialog != null)
+                && (this.CurrentSpeaker != null); }}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/isometric-park-fna/Engines/UIEngine.cs b/isometric-park-fna/Engines/UIEngine.cs
--- a/isometric-park-fna/Engines/UIEngine.cs
+++ b/isometric-park-fna/Engines/UIEngine.cs
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
 						    //Don't try to use entity we just destroyed:
 					    && (entity.ID != choiceMessage.Entity.ID)
 					    
-					    && (GetComponent<DialogComponent>(entity).CurrentDialog == null))
+					    && (!GetComponent<DialogComponent>(entity).Hydrated))
 				    {
 					    lowestID = entity.ID;
 					    lowestEntity = entity;
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
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
 
                 }
             }
-	    if (dialogNode.CurrentDialog != null)
+	    if (dialogNode.Hydrated)
 	    {
 		    var show = true;
 		    var paused = true;