diff --git a/app/create-homestead.js b/app/create-homestead.js
index cdca4bb..0aa5375 100644
--- a/app/create-homestead.js
+++ b/app/create-homestead.js
@@ -59,5 +59,39 @@ export default async function createHomestead(id) {
     Ticking: {},
     VisibleAabb: {},
   });
+  entities.push({
+    Collider: {
+      bodies: [
+        {
+          impassable: 1,
+          points: [
+            {x: -11, y: -7},
+            {x: 10, y: -7},
+            {x: 10, y: 5},
+            {x: -11, y: 5},
+          ],
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    Interactive: {
+      interacting: 1,
+      interactScript: `
+        subject.Interlocutor.dialogue({
+          body: 'Hey what is up :)',
+          origin: subject.Position.toJSON(),
+          position: {x: subject.Position.x, y: subject.Position.y - 32},
+        })
+      `,
+    },
+    Interlocutor: {},
+    Position: {x: 200, y: 200},
+    Sprite: {
+      anchorX: 0.5,
+      anchorY: 0.7,
+      source: '/assets/chest.json',
+    },
+    Ticking: {},
+    VisibleAabb: {},
+  });
   return entities;
 }
diff --git a/app/create-player.js b/app/create-player.js
index 1723be2..5b90e87 100644
--- a/app/create-player.js
+++ b/app/create-player.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export default async function createPlayer(id) {
     },
     Controlled: {},
     Direction: {direction: 2},
-    Ecs: {path: ['forests', `${id}`].join('/')},
+    Ecs: {path: ['homesteads', `${id}`].join('/')},
     Emitter: {},
     Forces: {},
     Interacts: {},
diff --git a/app/ecs-components/interlocutor.js b/app/ecs-components/interlocutor.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f9587b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/ecs-components/interlocutor.js
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import Component from '@/ecs/component.js';
+
+export default class Interlocutor extends Component {
+  mergeDiff(original, update) {
+    const merged = {};
+    if (update.dialogue) {
+      merged.dialogue = {
+        ...original.dialogue,
+        ...update.dialogue,
+      }
+    }
+    return merged;
+  }
+  instanceFromSchema() {
+    const Component = this;
+    return class InterlocutorInstance extends super.instanceFromSchema() {
+      dialogues = {};
+      id = 0;
+      dialogue(specification) {
+        Component.markChange(this.entity, 'dialogue', {[this.id++]: specification});
+      }
+    };
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/app/react-components/dom/dialogue.jsx b/app/react-components/dom/dialogue.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fdb488b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/react-components/dom/dialogue.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+import {useEffect, useRef, useState} from 'react';
+
+import {RESOLUTION} from '@/constants.js';
+import {useDomScale} from '@/context/dom-scale.js';
+
+import styles from './dialogue.module.css';
+
+const CARET_SIZE = 12;
+
+export default function Dialogue({
+  camera,
+  dialogue,
+  onClose,
+  scale,
+}) {
+  const domScale = useDomScale();
+  const ref = useRef();
+  const [dimensions, setDimensions] = useState({h: 0, w: 0});
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const {ttl = 5} = dialogue;
+    if (!ttl) {
+      return;
+    }
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      onClose();
+    }, ttl * 1000);
+  }, [dialogue, onClose]);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    let handle;
+    function track() {
+      if (ref.current) {
+        const {height, width} = ref.current.getBoundingClientRect();
+        setDimensions({h: height / domScale, w: width / domScale});
+      }
+      handle = requestAnimationFrame(track);
+    }
+    handle = requestAnimationFrame(track);
+    return () => {
+      cancelAnimationFrame(handle);
+    };
+  }, [dialogue, domScale, ref]);
+  const origin = 'function' === typeof dialogue.origin
+    ? dialogue.origin()
+    : dialogue.origin || {x: 0, y: 0};
+  const bounds = {
+    x: dimensions.w / (2 * scale),
+    y: dimensions.h / (2 * scale),
+  };
+  const left = Math.max(
+    Math.min(
+      dialogue.position.x * scale - camera.x,
+      RESOLUTION.x - bounds.x * scale - 16,
+    ),
+    bounds.x * scale + 16,
+  );
+  const top = Math.max(
+    Math.min(
+      dialogue.position.y * scale - camera.y,
+      RESOLUTION.y - bounds.y * scale - 16,
+    ),
+    bounds.y * scale + 88,
+  );
+  const offsetPosition = {
+    x: ((dialogue.position.x * scale - camera.x) - left) / scale,
+    y: ((dialogue.position.y * scale - camera.y) - top) / scale,
+  };
+  const difference = {
+    x: origin.x - dialogue.position.x + offsetPosition.x,
+    y: origin.y - dialogue.position.y + offsetPosition.y,
+  };
+  const within = {
+    x: Math.abs(difference.x) < bounds.x,
+    y: Math.abs(difference.y) < bounds.y,
+  };
+  const caretPosition = {
+    x: Math.max(-bounds.x, Math.min(origin.x - dialogue.position.x + offsetPosition.x, bounds.x)),
+    y: Math.max(-bounds.y, Math.min(origin.y - dialogue.position.y + offsetPosition.y, bounds.y)),
+  };
+  let caretRotation = Math.atan2(
+    difference.y - caretPosition.y,
+    difference.x - caretPosition.x,
+  );
+  caretRotation += Math.PI * 1.5;
+  if (within.x) {
+    caretPosition.y = bounds.y * Math.sign(difference.y);
+    if (within.y) {
+      if (Math.sign(difference.y) > 0) {
+        caretRotation = Math.PI;
+      }
+      else {
+        caretRotation = 0;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  else if (within.y) {
+    caretPosition.x = bounds.x * Math.sign(difference.x);
+  }
+  caretPosition.x *= scale;
+  caretPosition.y *= scale;
+  caretPosition.x += -Math.sin(caretRotation) * (CARET_SIZE / 2);
+  caretPosition.y += Math.cos(caretRotation) * (CARET_SIZE / 2);
+  return (
+    <div
+      ref={ref}
+      style={{
+        backgroundColor: '#00000044',
+        border: 'solid 1px white',
+        borderRadius: '8px',
+        color: 'white',
+        padding: '1em',
+        position: 'absolute',
+        left: `${left}px`,
+        margin: '0',
+        top: `${top}px`,
+        transform: 'translate(-50%, -50%)',
+        userSelect: 'none',
+        whiteSpace: 'nowrap',
+      }}
+    >
+      <svg
+        className={styles.caret}
+        viewBox="0 0 24 24"
+        width={CARET_SIZE}
+        height={CARET_SIZE}
+        style={{
+          transform: `
+            translate(
+              calc(-50% + ${caretPosition.x}px),
+              calc(-50% + ${caretPosition.y}px)
+            )
+            rotate(${caretRotation}rad)
+          `,
+        }}
+      >
+        <polygon points="0 0, 24 0, 12 24" />
+      </svg>
+      {dialogue.body}
+    </div>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/app/react-components/dom/dialogue.module.css b/app/react-components/dom/dialogue.module.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..519135f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/react-components/dom/dialogue.module.css
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+.caret {
+  position: absolute;
+  fill: #00000044;
+  stroke: white;
+  left: 50%;
+  top: 50%;
+}
diff --git a/app/react-components/dom/dialogues.jsx b/app/react-components/dom/dialogues.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4826439
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/react-components/dom/dialogues.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import styles from './dialogues.module.css';
+
+import Dialogue from './dialogue.jsx';
+
+export default function Dialogues({camera, dialogues, scale}) {
+  const elements = [];
+  for (const key in dialogues) {
+    elements.push(
+      <Dialogue
+        camera={camera}
+        dialogue={dialogues[key]}
+        key={key}
+        onClose={() => {
+          delete dialogues[key];
+        }}
+        scale={scale}
+      />
+    );
+  }
+  return <div className={styles.dialogues}>{elements}</div>;
+}
+
diff --git a/app/react-components/dom/dialogues.module.css b/app/react-components/dom/dialogues.module.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef7a30c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/react-components/dom/dialogues.module.css
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+.dialogues {
+  font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;
+  font-size: 16px;
+}
diff --git a/app/react-components/dom/entities.jsx b/app/react-components/dom/entities.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a7e73cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/react-components/dom/entities.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import {useState} from 'react';
+import {useEcs, useEcsTick} from '@/context/ecs.js';
+
+import Entity from './entity.jsx';
+
+export default function Entities({camera, scale}) {
+  const [ecs] = useEcs();
+  const [entities, setEntities] = useState({});
+  useEcsTick((payload) => {
+    if (!ecs) {
+      return;
+    }
+    const updatedEntities = {...entities};
+    for (const id in payload) {
+      if ('1' === id) {
+        continue;
+      }
+      const update = payload[id];
+      if (false === update) {
+        delete updatedEntities[id];
+        continue;
+      }
+      updatedEntities[id] = ecs.get(id);
+      const {dialogue} = update.Interlocutor || {};
+      if (dialogue) {
+        for (const key in dialogue) {
+          updatedEntities[id].Interlocutor.dialogues[key] = dialogue[key];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    setEntities(updatedEntities);
+  }, [ecs, entities]);
+  const renderables = [];
+  for (const id in entities) {
+    renderables.push(
+      <Entity
+        camera={camera}
+        entity={entities[id]}
+        key={id}
+        scale={scale}
+      />
+    );
+  }
+  return (
+    <>
+      {renderables}
+    </>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/app/react-components/dom/entity.jsx b/app/react-components/dom/entity.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1366fcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/react-components/dom/entity.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import Dialogues from './dialogues.jsx';
+
+export default function Entity({camera, entity, scale}) {
+  return (
+    <>
+      {entity.Interlocutor && (
+        <Dialogues
+          camera={camera}
+          dialogues={entity.Interlocutor.dialogues}
+          scale={scale}
+        />
+      )}
+    </>
+  )
+}
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diff --git a/app/react-components/ui.jsx b/app/react-components/ui.jsx
index 34be0d9..6654498 100644
--- a/app/react-components/ui.jsx
+++ b/app/react-components/ui.jsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {useMainEntity} from '@/context/main-entity.js';
 
 import Disconnected from './dom/disconnected.jsx';
 import Dom from './dom/dom.jsx';
+import Entities from './dom/entities.jsx';
 import HotBar from './dom/hotbar.jsx';
 import Pixi from './pixi/pixi.jsx';
 import Devtools from './devtools.jsx';
@@ -394,6 +395,10 @@ export default function Ui({disconnected}) {
             }}
             slots={hotbarSlots}
           />
+          <Entities
+            camera={camera}
+            scale={scale}
+          />
           {showDisconnected && (
             <Disconnected />
           )}