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Strange response to "GOODBYE" #43

Open eriktorbjorn opened 4 years ago

eriktorbjorn commented 4 years ago 
>GOODBYE
"Are you ready to take off now, Torbjorn?" Zoe Bly asks anxiously. >NO
"Don't tell me you're leaving already!"

No, I just said I wasn't ready to leave yet. I'm guessing this is because FINE-SEQUENCE returns FALSE when you answer "NO", but I haven't verified that it works if I change it.

eriktorbjorn commented 4 years ago

Similarly, you also get "Don't tell me you're leaving already!" if you answer "YES" and Tip interrupts you:

>GOODBYE
"Are you ready to take off now, Torbjorn?" Zoe Bly asks anxiously. >yes
"Wait!" Tip cuts in. "If the Snark stays near the sea floor, Torbjorn, it may
churn up silt. Even with our brass search light on, we might have trouble aiming
a weapon. Wouldn't it be easier if we could spot its exact position by sonar?" >
YES
"Torbjorn, our sonarscope shows each sea square as 500 meters across. A blip
indicates the APPROXIMATE position of an object. That's not good enough to hit
the broad side of a barn! Let me install a fine grid on the sonarscope that'll
show a blip's position to within 5 meters, okay?" >YES
"Torbjorn, I checked the storage room and found a fine grid that'll fit our
sonarscope. I can install it quickly! I'll have someone install a fine throttle
control, too, for tight maneuvering. It has the same 3 settings, but for small
sea squares -- 0, 5, 10, or 15 meters per turn."
"Don't tell me you're leaving already!"