https://github.com/endless-sky/endless-sky/blob/master/data/transport%20missions.txt#L134
You ask, "Are you in some sort of trouble with the law?"
The boy grins. "No, not at all. I mean, aside from the fact that we're pirates."
Seeing the incredulous look on your face, she says, ...
Should this say "the girl" or should it say "he"?
No typo. The captain is talking to Joe and Maria. Joe grins and Maria explains.
But the antecedent would be directed towards the last mentioned subject.
That was the very first mission text I wrote, for testing the conversation system back before missions even existed. The whole thing is way too wordy, but I made a first attempt at cleaning it up in commit 7ababe1.
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But the antecedent would be directed towards the last mentioned subject.