diff --git a/app/dialogue.js b/app/dialogue.js
index b839ef7..ed40c4e 100644
--- a/app/dialogue.js
+++ b/app/dialogue.js
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
+import {createElement} from 'react';
 import mdx from 'remark-mdx';
 import parse from 'remark-parse';
 import {unified} from 'unified';
 import {visitParents as visit} from 'unist-util-visit-parents';
 
+import {TAU} from '@/util/math.js';
+
 const parser = unified().use(parse).use(mdx);
 
 function computeParams(ancestors) {
@@ -54,3 +57,65 @@ export function parseLetters(source) {
   });
   return letters;
 }
+
+export function render(letters, className) {
+  return (caret, radians) => (
+    letters
+      .map(({character, indices, params}, i) => {
+        let color = 'inherit';
+        let fade = 0;
+        let fontStyle = 'normal';
+        let fontWeight = 'normal';
+        let left = 0;
+        let opacity = 1;
+        let top = 0;
+        if (params.blink) {
+          const {frequency = 1} = params.blink;
+          opacity = (radians * (2 / frequency) % TAU) > (TAU / 2) ? opacity : 0;
+        }
+        if (params.fade) {
+          const {frequency = 1} = params.fade;
+          fade = frequency;
+        }
+        if (params.wave) {
+          const {frequency = 1, magnitude = 3} = params.wave;
+          top += magnitude * Math.cos((radians * (1 / frequency)) + TAU * indices.wave / params.wave.length);
+        }
+        if (params.rainbow) {
+          const {frequency = 1} = params.rainbow;
+          color = `hsl(${(radians * (1 / frequency)) + TAU * indices.rainbow / params.rainbow.length}rad 100 50)`;
+        }
+        if (params.shake) {
+          const {magnitude = 1} = params.shake;
+          left += (Math.random() * magnitude * 2) - magnitude;
+          top += (Math.random() * magnitude * 2) - magnitude;
+        }
+        if (params.em) {
+          fontStyle = 'italic';
+        }
+        if (params.strong) {
+          fontWeight = 'bold';
+        }
+        return (
+          createElement(
+            'span',
+            {
+              className,
+              key: i,
+              style: {
+                color,
+                fontStyle,
+                fontWeight,
+                left: `${left}px`,
+                opacity: i <= caret ? opacity : 0,
+                position: 'relative',
+                top: `${top}px`,
+                transition: `opacity ${fade}s`,
+              },
+            },
+            character,
+          )
+        );
+      })
+  );
+}
diff --git a/app/react-components/dom/chat.jsx b/app/react-components/dom/chat.jsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 1ba950c..0000000
--- a/app/react-components/dom/chat.jsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,91 +0,0 @@
-import {useEffect, useState} from 'react';
-
-import {useClient} from '@/context/client.js';
-
-import styles  from './chat.module.css';
-
-export default function Chat({
-  chatHistory,
-  onClose,
-  message,
-  setChatHistory,
-  setMessage,
-}) {
-  const client = useClient();
-  const [disabled, setDisabled] = useState(true);
-  const [historyCaret, setHistoryCaret] = useState(0);
-  useEffect(() => {
-    setDisabled(false);
-  }, []);
-  return (
-    <div className={styles.chat}>
-      <form
-        onSubmit={(event) => {
-          if (message) {
-            client.send({
-              type: 'Action',
-              payload: {type: 'chat', value: message},
-            });
-            setChatHistory([message, ...chatHistory]);
-            setMessage('');
-            onClose();
-          }
-          event.preventDefault();
-        }}
-      >
-        <input
-          disabled={disabled}
-          onChange={(event) => {
-            setMessage(event.target.value);
-          }}
-          onKeyDown={(event) => {
-            switch (event.key) {
-              case 'ArrowDown': {
-                if (0 === historyCaret) {
-                  break;
-                }
-                let localHistoryCaret = historyCaret - 1;
-                setMessage(chatHistory[localHistoryCaret])
-                setHistoryCaret(localHistoryCaret);
-                if (0 === localHistoryCaret) {
-                  setChatHistory(chatHistory.slice(1));
-                }
-                break;
-              }
-              case 'ArrowUp': {
-                if (historyCaret === chatHistory.length - 1) {
-                  break;
-                }
-                let localHistoryCaret = historyCaret;
-                let localChatHistory = chatHistory;
-                if (0 === historyCaret) {
-                  localChatHistory = [message, ...localChatHistory];
-                  setChatHistory(localChatHistory);
-                }
-                localHistoryCaret += 1;
-                setMessage(localChatHistory[localHistoryCaret])
-                setHistoryCaret(localHistoryCaret);
-                break;
-              }
-              case 'Escape': {
-                onClose();
-                break;
-              }
-            }
-          }}
-          onMouseDown={(event) => {
-            event.stopPropagation();
-          }}
-          maxLength="255"
-          ref={(element) => {
-            if (element) {
-              element.focus();
-            }
-          }}
-          type="text"
-          value={message}
-        />
-      </form>
-    </div>
-  );
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/react-components/dom/chat/chat.jsx b/app/react-components/dom/chat/chat.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b073be4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/react-components/dom/chat/chat.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import styles  from './chat.module.css';
+
+import Input from './input.jsx';
+import Messages from './messages.jsx';
+
+export default function Chat({
+  chatHistory,
+  chatMessages,
+  onClose,
+  message,
+  setChatHistory,
+  setMessage,
+}) {
+  return (
+    <div className={styles.chat}>
+      <Messages
+        chatMessages={chatMessages}
+      />
+      <Input
+        chatHistory={chatHistory}
+        onClose={onClose}
+        message={message}
+        setChatHistory={setChatHistory}
+        setMessage={setMessage}
+      />
+    </div>
+  );
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/react-components/dom/chat/chat.module.css b/app/react-components/dom/chat/chat.module.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f006cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/react-components/dom/chat/chat.module.css
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+.chat {
+  background-color: #00000044;
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  font-family: Cookbook, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;
+  position: absolute;
+  bottom: 0;
+  max-height: 25%;
+  width: 100%;
+}
+
+@font-face {
+  font-family: "Cookbook";
+  src: url("/assets/fonts/Cookbook.woff") format("woff");
+}
diff --git a/app/react-components/dom/chat/input.jsx b/app/react-components/dom/chat/input.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bbd812a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/react-components/dom/chat/input.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+import {useEffect, useState} from 'react';
+
+import {useClient} from '@/context/client.js';
+
+import styles from './input.module.css';
+
+export default function ChatInput({
+  chatHistory,
+  message,
+  setChatHistory,
+  setMessage,
+}) {
+  const client = useClient();
+  const [disabled, setDisabled] = useState(true);
+  const [historyCaret, setHistoryCaret] = useState(0);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setDisabled(false);
+  }, []);
+  return (
+    <form
+      className={styles.input}
+      onSubmit={(event) => {
+        if (message) {
+          client.send({
+            type: 'Action',
+            payload: {type: 'chat', value: message},
+          });
+          setChatHistory([message, ...chatHistory]);
+          setMessage('');
+        }
+        event.preventDefault();
+      }}
+    >
+      <input
+        disabled={disabled}
+        onChange={(event) => {
+          setMessage(event.target.value);
+        }}
+        onKeyDown={(event) => {
+          switch (event.key) {
+            case 'ArrowDown': {
+              if (0 === historyCaret) {
+                break;
+              }
+              let localHistoryCaret = historyCaret - 1;
+              setMessage(chatHistory[localHistoryCaret])
+              setHistoryCaret(localHistoryCaret);
+              if (0 === localHistoryCaret) {
+                setChatHistory(chatHistory.slice(1));
+              }
+              break;
+            }
+            case 'ArrowUp': {
+              if (historyCaret === chatHistory.length - 1) {
+                break;
+              }
+              let localHistoryCaret = historyCaret;
+              let localChatHistory = chatHistory;
+              if (0 === historyCaret) {
+                localChatHistory = [message, ...localChatHistory];
+                setChatHistory(localChatHistory);
+              }
+              localHistoryCaret += 1;
+              setMessage(localChatHistory[localHistoryCaret])
+              setHistoryCaret(localHistoryCaret);
+              break;
+            }
+          }
+        }}
+        onMouseDown={(event) => {
+          event.stopPropagation();
+        }}
+        maxLength="255"
+        ref={(element) => {
+          if (element) {
+            element.focus();
+          }
+        }}
+        type="text"
+        value={message}
+      />
+    </form>
+  );
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/react-components/dom/chat.module.css b/app/react-components/dom/chat/input.module.css
similarity index 71%
rename from app/react-components/dom/chat.module.css
rename to app/react-components/dom/chat/input.module.css
index 41151e7..342c9bb 100644
--- a/app/react-components/dom/chat.module.css
+++ b/app/react-components/dom/chat/input.module.css
@@ -1,17 +1,15 @@
-.chat {
-  background-color: #00000044;
-  position: absolute;
-  bottom: 0;
-  width: 100%;
-}
 
-.chat form {
+.input {
   line-height: 0;
   input[type="text"] {
     background-color: #00000044;
     border: 1px solid #333333;
     color: #ffffff;
+    font-family: "Cookbook";
+    font-size: 16px;
     margin: 4px;
+    padding: 0;
+    padding-left: 4px;
     width: calc(100% - 8px);
     &:focus-visible {
       border: 1px solid #999999;
diff --git a/app/react-components/dom/chat/message.jsx b/app/react-components/dom/chat/message.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a9eaef3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/react-components/dom/chat/message.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import {useEffect, useState} from 'react';
+
+import {render} from '@/dialogue.js';
+import {TAU} from '@/util/math.js';
+
+import styles from './message.module.css';
+
+export default function Message({letters}) {
+  const [radians, setRadians] = useState(0);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setRadians(0);
+    let handle;
+    let last;
+    const spin = (ts) => {
+      if ('undefined' === typeof last) {
+        last = ts;
+      }
+      const elapsed = (ts - last) / 1000;
+      last = ts;
+      setRadians((radians) => radians + (elapsed * TAU));
+      handle = requestAnimationFrame(spin);
+    };
+    handle = requestAnimationFrame(spin);
+    return () => {
+      cancelAnimationFrame(handle);
+    };
+  }, []);
+  return (
+    <div className={styles.message}>
+      {render(letters, '')(letters.length - 1, radians)}
+    </div>
+  )
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/react-components/dom/chat/message.module.css b/app/react-components/dom/chat/message.module.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..90e0a1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/react-components/dom/chat/message.module.css
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+.message {
+  color: #ffffff;
+  margin-left: 8px;
+}
diff --git a/app/react-components/dom/chat/messages.jsx b/app/react-components/dom/chat/messages.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..08b3880
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/react-components/dom/chat/messages.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import Message from './message.jsx';
+
+import styles from './messages.module.css';
+
+export default function Messages({chatMessages}) {
+  return (
+    <div className={styles.messages}>
+      {chatMessages.map((letters, i) => (
+        <Message
+          key={i}
+          letters={letters}
+        />
+      ))}
+   </div>
+  )
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/react-components/dom/chat/messages.module.css b/app/react-components/dom/chat/messages.module.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b9ff1fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/react-components/dom/chat/messages.module.css
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+.messages {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column-reverse;
+  overflow-y: auto;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/react-components/dom/dialogue.jsx b/app/react-components/dom/dialogue.jsx
index 852732f..d26878c 100644
--- a/app/react-components/dom/dialogue.jsx
+++ b/app/react-components/dom/dialogue.jsx
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-import {useEffect, useRef, useState} from 'react';
+import {useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState} from 'react';
 
 import {RESOLUTION} from '@/constants.js';
 import {useDomScale} from '@/context/dom-scale.js';
+import {render} from '@/dialogue.js';
 import {TAU} from '@/util/math.js';
 
 import styles from './dialogue.module.css';
@@ -88,6 +89,10 @@ export default function Dialogue({
       cancelAnimationFrame(handle);
     };
   }, [dialogue, domScale, ref]);
+  const localRender = useMemo(
+    () => render(dialogue.letters, styles.letter),
+    [dialogue.letters],
+  );
   const origin = 'function' === typeof dialogue.origin
     ? dialogue.origin()
     : dialogue.origin || {x: 0, y: 0};
@@ -175,62 +180,7 @@ export default function Dialogue({
         <polygon points="0 0, 24 0, 12 24" />
       </svg>
       <p className={styles.letters}>
-        {
-          dialogue.letters
-            .map(({character, indices, params}, i) => {
-              let color = 'inherit';
-              let fade = 0;
-              let fontStyle = 'normal';
-              let fontWeight = 'normal';
-              let left = 0;
-              let opacity = 1;
-              let top = 0;
-              if (params.blink) {
-                const {frequency = 1} = params.blink;
-                opacity = (radians * (2 / frequency) % TAU) > (TAU / 2) ? opacity : 0;
-              }
-              if (params.fade) {
-                const {frequency = 1} = params.fade;
-                fade = frequency;
-              }
-              if (params.wave) {
-                const {frequency = 1, magnitude = 3} = params.wave;
-                top += magnitude * Math.cos((radians * (1 / frequency)) + TAU * indices.wave / params.wave.length);
-              }
-              if (params.rainbow) {
-                const {frequency = 1} = params.rainbow;
-                color = `hsl(${(radians * (1 / frequency)) + TAU * indices.rainbow / params.rainbow.length}rad 100 50)`;
-              }
-              if (params.shake) {
-                const {magnitude = 1} = params.shake;
-                left += (Math.random() * magnitude * 2) - magnitude;
-                top += (Math.random() * magnitude * 2) - magnitude;
-              }
-              if (params.em) {
-                fontStyle = 'italic';
-              }
-              if (params.strong) {
-                fontWeight = 'bold';
-              }
-              return (
-                <span
-                  className={styles.letter}
-                  key={i}
-                  style={{
-                    color,
-                    fontStyle,
-                    fontWeight,
-                    left: `${left}px`,
-                    opacity: i <= caret ? opacity : 0,
-                    top: `${top}px`,
-                    transition: `opacity ${fade}s`,
-                  }}
-                >
-                  {character}
-                </span>
-              );
-            })
-        }
+        {localRender(caret, radians)}
       </p>
     </div>
   );
diff --git a/app/react-components/dom/dialogue.module.css b/app/react-components/dom/dialogue.module.css
index 9afb5c1..2b2a057 100644
--- a/app/react-components/dom/dialogue.module.css
+++ b/app/react-components/dom/dialogue.module.css
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
   border: solid 1px white;
   border-radius: 8px;
   color: white;
+  overflow-wrap: break-word;
   padding: 1em;
   position: fixed;
   margin: 0;
@@ -26,5 +27,4 @@
 
 .letter {
   opacity: 0;
-  position: relative;
 }
diff --git a/app/react-components/dom/entities.jsx b/app/react-components/dom/entities.jsx
index 003f1a3..37ebc20 100644
--- a/app/react-components/dom/entities.jsx
+++ b/app/react-components/dom/entities.jsx
@@ -6,7 +6,12 @@ import {parseLetters} from '@/dialogue.js';
 
 import Entity from './entity.jsx';
 
-export default function Entities({camera, scale, setMonopolizers}) {
+export default function Entities({
+  camera,
+  scale,
+  setChatMessages,
+  setMonopolizers,
+}) {
   const [ecs] = useEcs();
   const [entities, setEntities] = useState({});
   usePacket('EcsChange', async () => {
@@ -34,6 +39,7 @@ export default function Entities({camera, scale, setMonopolizers}) {
         for (const key in dialogue) {
           dialogues[key] = dialogue[key];
           dialogues[key].letters = parseLetters(dialogues[key].body);
+          setChatMessages((chatMessages) => [dialogues[key].letters, ...chatMessages]);
           const skipListeners = new Set();
           dialogues[key].addSkipListener = (listener) => {
             skipListeners.add(listener);
diff --git a/app/react-components/ui.jsx b/app/react-components/ui.jsx
index a2980e6..337e366 100644
--- a/app/react-components/ui.jsx
+++ b/app/react-components/ui.jsx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {useEcs, useEcsTick} from '@/context/ecs.js';
 import {useMainEntity} from '@/context/main-entity.js';
 
 import Disconnected from './dom/disconnected.jsx';
-import Chat from './dom/chat.jsx';
+import Chat from './dom/chat/chat.jsx';
 import Dom from './dom/dom.jsx';
 import Entities from './dom/entities.jsx';
 import HotBar from './dom/hotbar.jsx';
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ export default function Ui({disconnected}) {
   const [message, setMessage] = useState('');
   const [chatIsOpen, setChatIsOpen] = useState(false);
   const [chatHistory, setChatHistory] = useState([]);
+  const [chatMessages, setChatMessages] = useState([]);
   useEffect(() => {
     async function setEcsStuff() {
       const {default: Components} = await import('@/ecs-components/index.js');
@@ -97,6 +98,10 @@ export default function Ui({disconnected}) {
   }, [disconnected]);
   useEffect(() => {
     return addKeyListener(document.body, ({event, type, payload}) => {
+      if ('Escape' === payload && 'keyDown' === type && chatIsOpen) {
+        setChatIsOpen(false);
+        return;
+      }
       if (chatIsOpen) {
         return;
       }
@@ -323,6 +328,10 @@ export default function Ui({disconnected}) {
       <div
         className={[styles.game, devtoolsIsOpen && styles.devtoolsIsOpen].filter(Boolean).join(' ')}
         onMouseDown={(event) => {
+          if (chatIsOpen) {
+            event.preventDefault();
+            return;
+          }
           switch (event.button) {
             case 0:
               if (devtoolsIsOpen) {
@@ -372,6 +381,10 @@ export default function Ui({disconnected}) {
           }
         }}
         onMouseUp={(event) => {
+          if (chatIsOpen) {
+            event.preventDefault();
+            return;
+          }
           switch (event.button) {
             case 0:
               client.send({
@@ -389,6 +402,10 @@ export default function Ui({disconnected}) {
           event.preventDefault();
         }}
         onWheel={(event) => {
+          if (chatIsOpen) {
+            event.preventDefault();
+            return;
+          }
           if (event.deltaY > 0) {
             client.send({
               type: 'Action',
@@ -424,11 +441,13 @@ export default function Ui({disconnected}) {
           <Entities
             camera={camera}
             scale={scale}
+            setChatMessages={setChatMessages}
             setMonopolizers={setMonopolizers}
           />
           {chatIsOpen && (
             <Chat
               chatHistory={chatHistory}
+              chatMessages={chatMessages}
               message={message}
               setChatHistory={setChatHistory}
               setMessage={setMessage}
diff --git a/app/root.css b/app/root.css
index bed897c..aa81604 100644
--- a/app/root.css
+++ b/app/root.css
@@ -10,3 +10,19 @@ html, body {
     line-height: 1;
   }
 }
+
+body {
+  scrollbar-width: thin;
+  scrollbar-color: #777 #333;
+}
+::-webkit-scrollbar {
+  width: 12px;
+}
+::-webkit-scrollbar-track {
+  background: #333;
+}
+::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
+  background-color: #777;
+  border-radius: 20px;
+  border: 3px solid #333;
+}