diff --git a/desktop/resources/ego/base.png b/desktop/resources/ego/base.png
index 7a744678..45e56cd8 100644
Binary files a/desktop/resources/ego/base.png and b/desktop/resources/ego/base.png differ
diff --git a/desktop/src-common/advent/screens/rooms/dream.clj b/desktop/src-common/advent/screens/rooms/dream.clj
index 584ddb1e..1bc34b62 100644
--- a/desktop/src-common/advent/screens/rooms/dream.clj
+++ b/desktop/src-common/advent/screens/rooms/dream.clj
@@ -144,11 +144,17 @@
 
 (defn do-intro [entities]
   (Thread/sleep 2000)
-  (actions/do-dialogue entities
-                       :ego "What's going on?"
-                       :ego "Who turned out the lights?"
-                       :ego "I must be dreaming.")
 
+  (actions/talk entities :fairy-godfather "... Tick ...")
+  (actions/walk-straight-to entities :ego [160 60])
+  (actions/do-dialogue entities :ego "What the?")
+  (actions/walk-straight-to entities :ego [120 50])
+  (actions/do-dialogue entities :ego "Who turned out the lights?"
+                       :ego "What's going on?")
+  (actions/talk entities :fairy-godfather "... Tiiiiiiccckkkk ...")
+  (actions/do-dialogue entities :ego "Who is that?")
+  (actions/walk-straight-to entities :ego [140 55] :face :right)
+(actions/do-dialogue entities :ego "Show yourself!")
   (Thread/sleep 500)
   (actions/talk entities :fairy-godfather "Taaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-")
   (sound! (sound "dream/appear.ogg") :play (utils/current-sound-volume))
@@ -159,9 +165,11 @@
   (Thread/sleep 100)
   (actions/talk entities :fairy-godfather "-daaaaaaaaaaaaa!")
   (Thread/sleep 2500)
-  (actions/do-dialogue entities :ego "Umm... What was that all about?"
-                       :fairy-godfather "Welcome, young Tick, to the pit of fate."
-                       :ego "Err, who are you?"
+  (actions/do-dialogue entities :fairy-godfather "Welcome, young Tick, to the pit of fate!")
+  (actions/talk entities :ego "Pit of fate? I'm too young to die!" :anim :frustrated-talk)
+  (actions/do-dialogue entities
+                       :fairy-godfather "Relax, Tick. You're dreaming!"
+                       :ego "Who are you?"
                        :ego "And how do you know my name?"
                        :fairy-godfather "Why, I'm your fairy godfather of course!"
                        :fairy-godfather "I've brought you here, Tick, to help choose your destiny."
@@ -174,7 +182,7 @@
   (fade-in-tools entities)
 
   (Thread/sleep 2500)
-  (actions/do-dialogue entities :ego "What are these things?"
+  (actions/do-dialogue entities
                        :fairy-godfather "These, young Tick, represent the potential destinies for your life."
                        :fairy-godfather "They have been selected since the dawn of time."
                        :fairy-godfather "These destinies are never mistaken."
diff --git a/desktop/src-common/advent/screens/scene.clj b/desktop/src-common/advent/screens/scene.clj
index 4d808cf5..db60f9a3 100644
--- a/desktop/src-common/advent/screens/scene.clj
+++ b/desktop/src-common/advent/screens/scene.clj
@@ -359,6 +359,7 @@ void main()
         milk (utils/make-anim "ego/squat.png" [18 36] 0.05 [0 1 2  2 3 3 3 3 3 3 6 5 6 5 6 5 6 5 6 5 6 5 6 5 6 5 6 5 6 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 1 0])
         idea (utils/make-anim "ego/idea.png" [18 70] 0.3 [2 0 0 0 0 0 0  2])
         throw (utils/make-anim "ego/throw.png" [18 36] 0.04 (flatten [[(repeat 5 0) (repeat 10 1)]  (repeat 3 [2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5]) (repeat 5 [2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5]) (repeat 10 [2 3 4 5]) [2 3  3] (repeat 33 6)]))
+        frustrated-talk (utils/make-anim "ego/frustrated-talk.png" [16 36] 0.2 (flatten (range 6)))
         swing-shovel (utils/make-anim "ego/swing-shovel.png" [70 70] 0.1 (range 9))
         love (utils/make-anim "ego/love.png" [50 70] 0.1 (flatten [0 0 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 (repeat 10 7) (repeat 5 8) (repeat 5 7) (repeat 5 8) (repeat 5 7) (repeat 10 [23 24 25 24]) (repeat 30 9) 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 21 21 22 22 22 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 22 22 22 22 22 21 21 21 21 22 22 22 22 22 22  21  21 21 21 21  6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 0]))
         axe (utils/make-anim "ego/axe.png" [60 70] 0.10 (flatten [1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 (range 7)]))
@@ -419,6 +420,7 @@ void main()
                      :crawl-stand crawl-stand
                      :crawl-hide crawl-hide
                      :standup standup
+                     :frustrated-talk frustrated-talk
                      }
              :left {:walk  (utils/flip walk-right)
                     :stand (utils/flip stand-anim)
@@ -460,6 +462,7 @@ void main()
                     :crawl-stand (utils/flip crawl-stand)
                     :crawl-hide (utils/flip crawl-hide)
                     :standup (utils/flip standup)
+                    :frustrated-talk (utils/flip frustrated-talk)
                     } 
              :baseline (- 240 (last start-pos))
              :facing :right