diff --git a/scenes/playerCreation/createUsernamePrompt.js b/scenes/playerCreation/createUsernamePrompt.js
index 71056d2..ebfb6ad 100755
--- a/scenes/playerCreation/createUsernamePrompt.js
+++ b/scenes/playerCreation/createUsernamePrompt.js
@@ -25,12 +25,8 @@ export class CreateUsernamePrompt extends Prompt {
     // Let the client know that we're asking for a username
     promptOptions = { username: true };
 
-    /**
-     * @returns {PlayerCreationScene}
-     */
-    get scene() {
-        return this._scene;
-    }
+    /** @protected @type {PlayerCreationScene} */
+    _scene;
 
     onReply(username) {
         //
@@ -56,7 +52,7 @@ export class CreateUsernamePrompt extends Prompt {
         }
 
         //
-        // Tell daddy that we're done
-        this.scene.usernameAccepted(username);
+        // Tell owner that we're done
+        this._scene.usernameAccepted(username);
     }
 }
diff --git a/scenes/prompt.js b/scenes/prompt.js
index bf11234..8c26da1 100755
--- a/scenes/prompt.js
+++ b/scenes/prompt.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  * - onColon(...)
  */
 export class Prompt {
-    /** @type {Scene} */
+    /** @protected @type {Scene} */
     _scene;
 
     /** @type {Scene} */
@@ -66,13 +66,6 @@ export class Prompt {
     /** @param {Scene} scene */
     constructor(scene) {
         this._scene = scene;
-
-        //
-        // Fix data formatting shorthand
-        // So lazy dev set property helpText = "fooo" instead of helpText = { "": "fooo" }.
-        if (typeof this.helpText === "string" || Array.isArray(this.helpText)) {
-            this.helpText = { "": this.helpText };
-        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -86,10 +79,22 @@ export class Prompt {
 
     /** Triggered when user types `:help [some optional topic]` */
     onHelp(topic) {
+        //
+        // Fix data formatting shorthand
+        // So lazy dev set property helpText = "fooo" instead of helpText = { "": "fooo" }.
+        //
+        if (typeof this.helpText === "string" || Array.isArray(this.helpText)) {
+            this.helpText = { "": this.helpText };
+        }
+
         if (this.helpText[topic]) {
             this.sendText(this.helpText[topic]);
             return;
         }
+        console.log({
+            ht: this.helpText,
+            topic,
+        });
 
         this.onHelpFallback(topic);
     }
diff --git a/utils/messages.js b/utils/messages.js
index 75f2b3b..667c4a5 100755
--- a/utils/messages.js
+++ b/utils/messages.js
@@ -83,12 +83,15 @@ export const MessageType = Object.freeze({
  * @property {any[]} args
  */
 export class WebsocketMessage {
-    /** @protected @type {any[]} _arr The array that contains the message data */
+    /** @protected @type {any[]} The array that contains the message data */
     _data;
 
-    /** @constant @readonly @type {string} _arr The array that contains the message data */
+    /** @constant @readonly @type {string} The array that contains the message data */
     type;
 
+    /** @constant @readonly @type {string?} the text payload (if any) of the decoded message */
+    text;
+
     /**
      * @param {string} msgData the raw text data in the websocket message.
      */
@@ -98,13 +101,12 @@ export class WebsocketMessage {
                 "Could not create client message. Attempting to parse json, but data was not even a string, it was a " +
                     typeof msgData,
             );
-            return;
         }
 
         let data;
         try {
             data = JSON.parse(msgData);
-        } catch (_) {
+        } catch {
             throw new Error(
                 `Could not create client message. Attempting to parse json, but data was invalid json: >>> ${msgData} <<<`,
             );