diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index 77e7b18..a6816af 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -173,6 +173,24 @@ derives the selector's pins by reading the exit graph backwards. And a manager
 swapped in this way must be in place before `inkwell.Run`, which is where the
 engine wires up the parts that hold a registry directly.
 
+### What runs at boot
+
+`New` names two scripts and nothing else — the opening a player sees is content
+like every other script, in `script.opening.go`, not a slice built in the
+wiring:
+
+```go
+g.StartAt(start)
+g.OnStart(ScriptOpening)
+if o.Finale {
+	g.OnFinale(ScriptFinale)
+}
+```
+
+`OnFinale` is the engine's hook for a closing script, queued straight after the
+opening. Here it is what `-finale` uses to drop into the ending, which is why it
+is set from `Opts` rather than always.
+
 ## The world
 
 There is exactly one game, so there is exactly one world: `World`, a
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 35afaf8..6802d32 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -350,8 +350,8 @@ Also: the inkwell README gives the module path as
   hides them; the deck wanted them struck through but visible, so the list
   becomes a memory of what you already tried. Needs a thin override over
   `DialogBox`.
-- **Only beat 3 exists.** The alley is a vertical slice; `bootOpening` sets the
-  police-tip flag that beat 2 will eventually set.
+- **Only beat 3 exists.** The alley is a vertical slice; the opening script sets
+  the police-tip flag that beat 2 will eventually set.
 - **The render has only been inspected once, by the author of this repo.**
   Geometry is derived from one font cell and one screen size, but this
   environment cannot take a screenshot (both synthetic keystrokes and screen
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 72c9829..7fa8040 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module git.teletypegames.org/games/realworld
 go 1.26.3
 
 require (
-	git.teletypegames.org/engines/inkwell v0.1.1-0.20260830083613-39af65f3c98f
+	git.teletypegames.org/engines/inkwell v0.1.1-0.20260830092549-e26f7345c14d
 	github.com/hajimehoshi/ebiten/v2 v2.9.9
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 53c423c..fb3f8f1 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-git.teletypegames.org/engines/inkwell v0.1.1-0.20260830083613-39af65f3c98f h1:Qw/sUeJeCBEFvdiqwGUn919hsmoTILJyKSPlkKvNgh0=
-git.teletypegames.org/engines/inkwell v0.1.1-0.20260830083613-39af65f3c98f/go.mod h1:/v6QtismTE8+e7kobbVR5B/CpTSrd4j2DYwJ8DvINhs=
+git.teletypegames.org/engines/inkwell v0.1.1-0.20260830092549-e26f7345c14d h1:4AGtmrWwfnHkJvZ90on1+9bUmZOGSrcIG4KaJFiy+xo=
+git.teletypegames.org/engines/inkwell v0.1.1-0.20260830092549-e26f7345c14d/go.mod h1:/v6QtismTE8+e7kobbVR5B/CpTSrd4j2DYwJ8DvINhs=
 github.com/ebitengine/gomobile v0.0.0-20250923094054-ea854a63cce1 h1:+kz5iTT3L7uU+VhlMfTb8hHcxLO3TlaELlX8wa4XjA0=
 github.com/ebitengine/gomobile v0.0.0-20250923094054-ea854a63cce1/go.mod h1:lKJoeixeJwnFmYsBny4vvCJGVFc3aYDalhuDsfZzWHI=
 github.com/ebitengine/hideconsole v1.0.0 h1:5J4U0kXF+pv/DhiXt5/lTz0eO5ogJ1iXb8Yj1yReDqE=
diff --git a/inc/boot.go b/inc/boot.go
index 3355a1e..c807b2f 100644
--- a/inc/boot.go
+++ b/inc/boot.go
@@ -50,18 +50,9 @@ func New(o Opts) *inkwell.Game {
 	registerUI()
 
 	g.StartAt(start)
-	g.OnStart(inkwell.Seq(bootOpening(start, o.Finale)...))
+	g.OnStart(ScriptOpening)
+	if o.Finale {
+		g.OnFinale(ScriptFinale)
+	}
 	return g
 }
-
-func bootOpening(start string, finale bool) []inkwell.Action {
-	acts := []inkwell.Action{
-		inkwell.SetFlag(FlagPoliceTip),
-		inkwell.Say(Paul, "Back alley. Just like the clerk said."),
-		TapeSay(Dex, "A government office tipped you off to remove something from a scene. That doesn't strike you as odd?"),
-	}
-	if finale {
-		acts = append(acts, inkwell.RunScript(ScriptFinale))
-	}
-	return acts
-}
diff --git a/inc/names.manager.go b/inc/names.manager.go
index 31d1bfc..82f8cd9 100644
--- a/inc/names.manager.go
+++ b/inc/names.manager.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ const (
 )
 
 const (
+	ScriptOpening    = "opening"
 	ScriptTapeInsert = "tape_insert"
 	ScriptFinale     = "awakening_finale"
 )
diff --git a/inc/script.opening.go b/inc/script.opening.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c5cb33d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inc/script.opening.go
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package inc
+
+import (
+	inkwell "git.teletypegames.org/engines/inkwell"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	ScriptManager.Register(Script{
+		Name: ScriptOpening,
+		Actions: inkwell.Seq(
+			inkwell.SetFlag(FlagPoliceTip),
+			inkwell.Say(Paul, "Back alley. Just like the clerk said."),
+			TapeSay(Dex, "A government office tipped you off to remove something from a scene. That doesn't strike you as odd?"),
+		),
+	})
+}