You say, 'Hail, Novyak the Lookout'
Novyak the Lookout says 'What?! I can't talk! I gotta keep staring at the water!'
You say, 'Staring at the water?'
Novyak the Lookout says 'Yup, yup. That's what I do. I am a lookout. Erm, what I mean is, I be a lookout, uhm, matey.'
You say, 'Lookout?'
Novyak the Lookout says 'Aye. I look for things in the water and let everyone else know if I see something. It's a rough job but as the first mate said, 'Someone's gotta do it, now get up there and don't get down til I tell yas ta get down!' The first mate has been pretty short with me since the accident.'
Unfortunately, everything I've tried from here (such as "What accident?" or "Aren't all gnomes short?") gives the last response over again, so I don't know where this leads. Maybe I'll find the first mate and ask him about the accident.