diff --git a/dialogue.lisp b/dialogue.lisp
index c8f9b1b..4f2c325 100644
--- a/dialogue.lisp
+++ b/dialogue.lisp
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ make it pretty, dang it! >O<
          (text (getf dialogue :text))
          (optimal-layout (when text (optimal-speech-layout map dialogue))))
     (when (and text optimal-layout)
-      (📋:render-string-partially
+      (✎:render-string-partially
        matrix text (first optimal-layout)
        :max-column (second optimal-layout)
        :max-row (third optimal-layout)
diff --git a/display.lisp b/display.lisp
index fa302b9..6dfb163 100644
--- a/display.lisp
+++ b/display.lisp
@@ -70,6 +70,74 @@ that change between A→B (favouring those in B) — all others are nil."
   (make-array '(20 72) :initial-element #\space))
 
 
+
+;;; ———————————————————————————————————
+;;; “Rendering” strings to matrix
+;;; ———————————————————————————————————
+(defun render-line (matrix text coords)
+  "Apply a one-line string to the matrix at the given coordinates."
+  (let ((dims (array-dimensions matrix))
+        (x (getf coords :x))
+        (y (getf coords :y)))
+    (if (and (stringp text)
+             (> (length text) 0))
+        (progn
+          (ignore-errors (setf (aref matrix y x) (char text 0)))
+          (render-line matrix (subseq text 1)
+                       (list :x (+ x 1) :y y)))
+        matrix)))
+
+
+(defun render-string-verbatim (matrix string coords)
+  "Apply a STRING to a MATRIX at the precise COORDS, preserving newlines.
+No word-wrapping is done, even if the line exceeds the MATRIX’es size!"
+  (let ((y (- (getf coords :y) 1))
+        (x (getf coords :x)))
+    (mapcar (lambda (line) (✎:render-line matrix line (list :x x :y (incf y))))
+            (str:lines string))))
+
+
+(defun render-string-partially (matrix text coords &key (char-count 0) (max-column 72) (max-row 20))
+  "Partially render the given string to a matrix of characters. Will render only
+a portion of the string, dictated by the CHAR-COUNT.
+See the similar RENDER-STRING function."
+  (let* ((x (getf coords :x))
+         (y (getf coords :y))
+         (dimensions (array-dimensions matrix))
+         (max-column (…:at-most (cadr dimensions) max-column))
+         (row-width (- max-column x))
+         (max-write-row (…:at-most (…:at-most (car dimensions) max-row)
+                                   (floor (/ char-count row-width))))
+         (row-width-at-max-write-row
+           (…:at-most row-width
+                      (- char-count (* max-write-row row-width))))
+         (substrings (…:split-string-by-length text row-width))
+         (row 0))
+    (loop while (and (<= (+ y row) max-row)
+                     substrings)
+          do (cond ((< row max-write-row)
+                    (render-line matrix (pop substrings)
+                                 (list :x x :y (+ y row))))
+                   ;; At the last line, write only up til the :CHAR-COUNT
+                   ((eq row max-write-row)
+                    (render-line
+                     matrix
+                     (subseq (pop substrings) 0 row-width-at-max-write-row)
+                     (list :x x :y (+ y row))))
+                   ('t
+                    (pop substrings)))
+             (incf row)))
+  matrix)
+
+
+(defun render-string (matrix text coords &key (max-column 72) (max-row 20))
+  "Render the given string to the matrix of characters, character-by-character.
+Will line-break or truncate as appropriate and necessary to not exceed the
+positional arguments nor the dimensions of the matrix."
+  (render-string-partially matrix text coords :max-column max-column :max-row max-row
+                                              :char-count (length text)))
+
+
 
 ;;; ———————————————————————————————————
 ;;; Misc. utils
diff --git a/flora-search-aurora.asd b/flora-search-aurora.asd
index 61f052a..413e588 100644
--- a/flora-search-aurora.asd
+++ b/flora-search-aurora.asd
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   :depends-on ("alexandria" "assoc-utils" "cl-charms" "str")
   :build-operation "program-op"
   :build-pathname "flora-search-aurora"
+
   :entry-point "flora-search-aurora:main"
   :components ((:file "packages")
                (:file "util")
@@ -9,11 +10,13 @@
                (:file "input")
                (:file "ui")
                (:file "inventory")
+               (:file "intermission")
                (:file "overworld.util")
                (:file "overworld")
                (:file "dialogue")
                (:file "engine")
                (:file "flora-search-aurora")
+               (:file "res/clocks")
                (:file "res/maps/casino.tmx")
                (:file "res/maps/outdoors.tmx")
                (:file "res/maps/flashback-school.tmx")))
diff --git a/inventory.lisp b/inventory.lisp
index b720388..a636db9 100644
--- a/inventory.lisp
+++ b/inventory.lisp
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 ;;; Inventory loop drawing
 ;;; ———————————————————————————————————
 (defun inventory-state-draw (matrix items)
-  (📋:render-string matrix (format nil "~A" items) '(:x 0 :y 0)))
+  (✎:render-string matrix (format nil "~A" items) '(:x 0 :y 0)))
 
 
 
diff --git a/overworld.lisp b/overworld.lisp
index afdedef..b49abde 100644
--- a/overworld.lisp
+++ b/overworld.lisp
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ alist containing a character (:CHAR) and :X & :Y coordinates."
          (width (length avatar))
          (y (getf screen-coords :y))
          (x (- (getf screen-coords :x) (floor (/ width 2)))))
-    (📋:render-line matrix avatar x y)))
+    (✎:render-line matrix avatar (list :x x :y y))))
 
 
 (defun matrix-write-entity-head (matrix entity-plist)
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ alist containing a character (:CHAR) and :X & :Y coordinates."
          (x (if (getf entity-plist :facing-right)
                 (- (getf screen-coords :x) (floor (/ width 2)) 0)
                 (- (getf screen-coords :x) (floor (/ width 2)) 0))))
-    (📋:render-line matrix face (+ x 1) y)
+    (✎:render-line matrix face (list :x (+ x 1) :y y))
     (ignore-errors (setf (aref matrix y x) #\|))
     (ignore-errors (setf (aref matrix y (+ width x -1))
                          #\|))))
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ alist containing a character (:CHAR) and :X & :Y coordinates."
 
 (defun matrix-write-datetime (matrix datetime)
   (let ((string (game-datetime->string datetime)))
-    (📋:render-line matrix string (- 71 (length string)) 19)))
+    (✎:render-line matrix string (list :x (- 71 (length string)) :y 19))))
 
 
 
diff --git a/res/clocks.lisp b/res/clocks.lisp
index 421884e..392c008 100644
--- a/res/clocks.lisp
+++ b/res/clocks.lisp
@@ -16,33 +16,29 @@
 ;;;; FLORA-SEARCH-AURORA.INTERMISSION — CLOCKS
 ;;;; Some ASCII clock-stuff, for use with INTERMISSION’s clock-rendering.
 
-(set-dispatch-macro-character #\# #\> #'cl-heredoc:read-heredoc)
-;;(in-package :flora-search-aurora.intermission)
-
-;; So that we can do #>eof>strings like this!eof
-;; What a wonderful macro! :D
+(in-package :flora-search-aurora.intermission)
 
 
 (defparameter *clock-base*
-"
+ "
    ---------------
   /   ________   \\\"\
- / . /        \ ,.\\\"\
-⁄   /          \   \\\"|
+ / . /        \\ ,.\\\"\
+⁄   /          \\   \\\"|
 |  |            |  |\"|
 | ,|     ()     | ,|\"|
 |. |            |  |\"|
-|   \          / , |\"|
-| ,. \________/.   |\"|
+|   \\          / , |\"|
+| ,. \\________/.   |\"|
 | .            . . |\"|
 | .,-  ., . .      |\"|
 | ..  . . . . . .  |\"|
 |__________________|\"|
-"
-)
+")
+
 
 (defparameter *calendar-base*
-"
+ "
   :===================:
   :===================:|
   |\/      /          ||
@@ -55,6 +51,6 @@
   |                   ||\"''
   |                   ||\"''
   |___________________||
-"
-)
+")
+
 
diff --git a/ui.lisp b/ui.lisp
index 384d253..27903de 100644
--- a/ui.lisp
+++ b/ui.lisp
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ A state-function for use with the #'state-loop."
 (defun menu-state-draw (matrix menu-alist)
   "Render a menu in menu-alist format to the given matrix.
 A core part of #'menu-state."
+  (intermission::render-clock-base matrix (list :x 0 :y 0))
   (render-menu-strip matrix menu-alist 0 0))
 
 
@@ -54,27 +55,15 @@ A core part of #'menu-state."
 ;;; ———————————————————————————————————
 ;;; Menu display
 ;;; ———————————————————————————————————
-(defun render-line (matrix text x y)
-  "Apply a one-line string to the matrix at the given coordinates."
-  (let ((dims (array-dimensions matrix)))
-    (if (and (stringp text)
-             (> (length text) 0))
-        (progn
-          (ignore-errors (setf (aref matrix y x) (char text 0)))
-          (render-line matrix (subseq text 1)
-                       (+ x 1) y))
-        matrix)))
-
-
 (defun render-menu-item
     (matrix text x y &key (width (+ (length text) 2)) (height 3) (selection 0) (selected nil))
   "Render a “menu-item” — that is, text surrounded by a box with an optional
 'selected' form. If selected is a non-zero number below 100, then that percent
 of the box will be displayed as selected/highlighted. This percent is from
 left-to-right, unless negative — in which case, right-to-left."
-  (render-string matrix text (list :x (+ x 1) :y (+ 1 y))
-                 :max-column (- (+ x width) 1)
-                 :max-row (- (+ y height) 2))
+  (✎:render-string matrix text (list :x (+ x 1) :y (+ 1 y))
+                   :max-column (- (+ x width) 1)
+                   :max-row (- (+ y height) 2))
   ;; Render the normal top and bottom bars.
   (dotimes (i width)
     (setf (aref matrix y (+ x i)) #\-)
@@ -124,47 +113,6 @@ The item list should be an alist of the following format:
   matrix)
 
 
-(defun render-string (matrix text coords &key (max-column 72) (max-row 20))
-  "Render the given string to the matrix of characters, character-by-character.
-Will line-break or truncate as appropriate and necessary to not exceed the
-positional arguments nor the dimensions of the matrix."
-  (render-string-partially matrix text coords :max-column max-column :max-row max-row
-                           :char-count (length text)))
-
-
-(defun render-string-partially (matrix text coords &key (char-count 0) (max-column 72) (max-row 20))
-  "Partially render the given string to a matrix of characters. Will render only
-a portion of the string, dictated by the CHAR-COUNT.
-See the similar RENDER-STRING function."
-  (let* ((x (getf coords :x))
-         (y (getf coords :y))
-         (dimensions (array-dimensions matrix))
-         (max-column (…:at-most (cadr dimensions) max-column))
-         (row-width (- max-column x))
-         (max-write-row (…:at-most (…:at-most (car dimensions) max-row)
-                                   (floor (/ char-count row-width))))
-         (row-width-at-max-write-row
-           (…:at-most row-width
-                      (- char-count (* max-write-row row-width))))
-         (substrings (…:split-string-by-length text row-width))
-         (row 0))
-    (loop while (and (<= (+ y row) max-row)
-                     substrings)
-          do (cond ((< row max-write-row)
-                    (render-line matrix (pop substrings)
-                                 x (+ y row)))
-                   ;; At the last line, write only up til the :CHAR-COUNT
-                   ((eq row max-write-row)
-                    (render-line
-                     matrix
-                     (subseq (pop substrings) 0 row-width-at-max-write-row)
-                     x (+ y row)))
-                   ('t
-                    (pop substrings)))
-             (incf row)))
-  matrix)
-
-
 
 ;;; ———————————————————————————————————
 ;;; Menu logic
@@ -224,13 +172,13 @@ That is, 0 for non-selected items and 100 for selected items."
   (let ((old-position (selected-menu-item-position menu-alist)))
     ;; The “polarity” (direction of selection) depends on the relative
     ;; direction of the previous selection.
-    (setf (aget (nth position menu-alist) 'selection)
+    (setf (assoc-utils:aget (nth position menu-alist) 'selection)
       (if (< old-position position) 10 -10))
-    (setf (aget (nth position menu-alist) 'selected) 't)
+    (setf (assoc-utils:aget (nth position menu-alist) 'selected) 't)
     ;; Likewise for the previously-selected item.
-    (setf (aget (nth old-position menu-alist) 'selection)
+    (setf (assoc-utils:aget (nth old-position menu-alist) 'selection)
           (if (< old-position position) -90 90))
-    (setf (aget (nth old-position menu-alist) 'selected) nil))
+    (setf (assoc-utils:aget (nth old-position menu-alist) 'selected) nil))
   menu-alist)