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diff --git a/src/GamePanel.java b/src/GamePanel.java
index 7901a24..d881d4f 100644
--- a/src/GamePanel.java
+++ b/src/GamePanel.java
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ public class GamePanel extends JPanel implements Runnable, KeyListener, Serializ
   public BufferedImageWrapper cloud2 = new BufferedImageWrapper(("img/backgrounds/cloud2.png"));
   public BufferedImageWrapper cloud3 = new BufferedImageWrapper(("img/backgrounds/cloud3.png"));
   public BufferedImageWrapper bomb;
-  public BufferedImageWrapper onePortrait = new BufferedImageWrapper(("img/dialogue/Gunther.png"));
+  public BufferedImageWrapper narratorPortrait = new BufferedImageWrapper(("img/dialogue/Gunther.png"));
+  public BufferedImageWrapper villainPortrait = new BufferedImageWrapper(("img/dialogue/Bouncer.png"));
   public String lastText;
 
 
@@ -85,9 +86,21 @@ public class GamePanel extends JPanel implements Runnable, KeyListener, Serializ
     cloudTwoBackground = new BackgroundImage(600, 250, cloud2, cloud2.image.getWidth(), cloud3.image.getHeight(), 5, camera);
     cloudThreeBackground = new BackgroundImage(1000, 200, cloud3, cloud2.image.getWidth(), cloud3.image.getHeight(), 5, camera);
     pauseMenu = new PauseMenu(GAME_HEIGHT/2, 100, 400, 400, GAME_WIDTH, new Font(Font.MONOSPACED, Font.BOLD, 60), "Paused");
-    dialogueMenu = new DialogueMenu(GAME_HEIGHT-100, 200, new Font(Font.MONOSPACED, Font.BOLD, 20), onePortrait, true);
-    dialogueArray.add("Lorem ipsum lorem ipsum lorem ipsum lorem ipsum lorem ipsum lorem ipsum lorem ipsum");
-    dialogueArray.add("I told you so");
+    dialogueMenu = new DialogueMenu(GAME_HEIGHT-100, 200, new Font(Font.MONOSPACED, Font.BOLD, 20), narratorPortrait, true);
+    dialogueArray.add("Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Plagueis The Wise?");
+    dialogueArray.add("I thought not.");
+    dialogueArray.add("It’s not a story the Jedi would tell you.");
+    dialogueArray.add("Darth Plagueis was a Dark Lord of the Sith, " +
+            "so powerful and so wise he could use the Force to influence " +
+            "the midichlorians to create life… " +
+            "He had such a knowledge of the dark side that " +
+            "he could even keep the ones he cared about from dying. " +
+            "The dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural. " +
+            "He became so powerful… the only thing he was afraid of was losing his power, " +
+            "which eventually, of course, he did.");
+    dialogueArray.add("Unfortunately, he taught his apprentice everything he knew, then his apprentice killed him in his sleep.");
+    dialogueArray.add("Ironic.");
+    dialogueArray.add("He could save others from death, but not himself.");
     try {
       // load player sprites from disk here
       for (int i = 0; i < 11; i++) {
diff --git a/src/GenericSprite.java b/src/GenericSprite.java
index eaa40ef..125e15f 100644
--- a/src/GenericSprite.java
+++ b/src/GenericSprite.java
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ public class GenericSprite extends Rectangle implements Serializable {
   public final double speedCapy = 20;
   public int WIDTH; //size of ball
   public int HEIGHT; //size of ball
-  public boolean rightPressed = false;
-  public boolean leftPressed = false;
-  public boolean upPressed= false;
-  public boolean downPressed = false;
-  public boolean isGrounded = false;
+  transient public boolean rightPressed = false;
+  transient public boolean leftPressed = false;
+  transient public boolean upPressed= false;
+  transient public boolean downPressed = false;
+  transient public boolean isGrounded = false;
 
   public boolean isPlayer = false;
   //constructor creates ball at given location with given dimensions