- id: old_man
  name: Old Caretaker
  description: A stooped old man with a grey beard, watching from among the shelves.
  greeting: |
    "Another lost soul in this house. Get the power running and tend to what
    waits upstairs — that is the only way out that's worth taking."
  # First matching line wins; otherwise the greeting is used.
  dialogue:
    - when: [{ flag: ghost_banished }]
      text: |
        "You laid the poor thing to rest. Bless you. Go now — the night is
        clear and the house will hold its peace."
    - when: [{ flag: power_on }, { notFlag: ghost_banished }]
      text: |
        "The lights are back — feel how the house has quieted? Climb the stair.
        In the chapel there's a shrine: give it the locket, then the photograph,
        in that order."
    - when: [{ notFlag: cellar_drained }]
      text: |
        "Cold down there, isn't it? The cellar's flooded over the fuse. Find the
        valve wheel — the conservatory, I think — and drain it."
  reactions:
    - onReceive: letter
      response: |
        "Ah... that letter. I wrote it, long ago, for whoever came after. So
        someone finally read it. Keep going — you're closer than they ever got."
      consumes: letter
      effects:
        - { setFlag: heard_tale }