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diff --git a/main.lua b/main.lua
index fb876d9..2d0b76a 100644
--- a/main.lua
+++ b/main.lua
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ require "level_editor/editor"
 love.filesystem.setRequirePath(love.filesystem.getRequirePath() .. ";libs/narrator/?.lua")
 narrator = require "narrator.narrator"
 startSignBook = require "stories.start_sign"
+jorgeBook = require "stories.jorge"
 
 function love.load()
 	globalAssetProperties = {} -- rebuilt from the filesystem (art/ + .meta) by getAllAssets
diff --git a/npc.lua b/npc.lua
index 8ed69ec..4df840d 100644
--- a/npc.lua
+++ b/npc.lua
@@ -20,3 +20,21 @@ function Sign:initialize(x, y)
 		},
 	})
 end
+
+Jorge = class("Jorge", Entity)
+Jorge:include(Dialogable)
+
+function Jorge:initialize(x, y)
+	self.book = jorgeBook
+	self.saveClass = "jorge"
+	Entity.initialize(self, {
+		x = x, y = y,
+		color = "red",
+		collision = "unmoveable",
+		sprites = {
+			red   = loadSprite("art/npc/jorge_r.png"),
+			green = loadSprite("art/npc/jorge_g.png"),
+			blue  = loadSprite("art/npc/jorge_b.png"),
+		},
+	})
+end
diff --git a/room.lua b/room.lua
index 5fc45d4..7a68ac5 100644
--- a/room.lua
+++ b/room.lua
@@ -474,6 +474,11 @@ function Room:createEntity(class, color, x, y)
 		self:registerNpc(entity)
 		return entity
 	end
+	if class == "jorge" then
+		local entity = Jorge:new(x, y)
+		self:registerNpc(entity)
+		return entity
+	end
 
 	local props = globalAssetProperties and globalAssetProperties[class]
 	local behavior = props and props.class or "immoveable"
@@ -599,12 +604,25 @@ function Room:attemptDelete(mouseX, mouseY, color)
 	for index = #self.doors, 1, -1 do
 		if removedEntities[self.doors[index]] then table.remove(self.doors, index) end
 	end
+	-- NPCs are stamped into every collision layer, but are kept in their own
+	-- registry rather than in self.collideables. Remove them directly so a
+	-- right-click works no matter which editor colour is currently selected.
+	for index = #self.npcs, 1, -1 do
+		if self.npcs[index]:occupiesCell(cell) then table.remove(self.npcs, index) end
+	end
 	self:tick()
 end
 
 function Room:attemptPlace(name, props, mouseX, mouseY, color)
 	if not props or not props.sprites then return end
 	local cell = self:getCellFromMousePos(mouseX, mouseY)
+	-- Jorge is one dialogable NPC with three display channels, not three
+	-- independently placeable color-layer entities.
+	if name == "jorge" then
+		self:createEntity(name, nil, cell.x, cell.y)
+		self:tick()
+		return
+	end
 
 	-- "white" (or nil) means every channel; otherwise just the picked channel
 	local colors
@@ -703,7 +721,7 @@ function Room:serialize(includePlayers)
 	end
 
 	for _, npc in ipairs(self.npcs) do
-		table.insert(objects, { class = "npc", x = npc.x, y = npc.y })
+		table.insert(objects, { class = npc.saveClass or "npc", x = npc.x, y = npc.y })
 	end
 
 	return { objects = objects }
diff --git a/stories/jorge.ink b/stories/jorge.ink
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8aad2e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stories/jorge.ink
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Jorge: I'm Jorge. I'm LGBTQ+, and I spent too long hiding that.
+
+* [Be kind] I'm glad you told me.
+    Jorge smiles. "Thank you. Being met with kindness makes this place feel safer."
+* [Mistreat Jorge] That's not something I respect.
+    Jorge's smile fades. "You can choose cruelty, but you don't get to define me."
+- -> END
diff --git a/stories/jorge.lua b/stories/jorge.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf52bfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stories/jorge.lua
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+return {["constants"]={},["tree"]={["_"]={["_"]={"Jorge: I'm Jorge. I'm LGBTQ+, and I spent too long hiding that.",{["node"]={"Jorge smiles. \"Thank you. Being met with kindness makes this place feel safer.\""},["choice"]="Be kind",["text"]="I'm glad you told me."},{["node"]={"Jorge's smile fades. \"You can choose cruelty, but you don't get to define me.\""},["choice"]="Mistreat Jorge",["text"]="That's not something I respect."},{["divert"]={["path"]="END",["tunnel"]=false}}}}},["inclusions"]={},["params"]={},["version"]={["tree"]=1,["engine"]=2},["variables"]={},["lists"]={}}
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