diff --git a/cmd/signup/main.go b/cmd/signup/main.go
index f348a13..d90c6b0 100644
--- a/cmd/signup/main.go
+++ b/cmd/signup/main.go
@@ -31,9 +31,10 @@ type scene struct {
 	SorryMsg    string
 	Input       *bytes.Buffer
 	OnAdvance   func(*scene)
+	OnMsg       func(*scene, *tview.TextView, string)
 }
 
-func newScene(name, desc, sorryMsg string, host *character, onAdvance func(*scene)) *scene {
+func newScene(name, desc, sorryMsg string, host *character, onAdvance func(*scene), onMsg func(*scene, *tview.TextView, string)) *scene {
 	return &scene{
 		Name:        name,
 		Description: desc,
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ func newScene(name, desc, sorryMsg string, host *character, onAdvance func(*scen
 		Host:        host,
 		Input:       bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{}),
 		OnAdvance:   onAdvance,
+		OnMsg:       onMsg,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -200,7 +202,12 @@ func _main(l *log.Logger, db *sql.DB) error {
 			`),
 			"i'm sorry, before going further could you share an email with me?",
 			newCharacter("wire guy", "a lil homonculus made of discarded computer cables"),
-			func(s *scene) { su.Email = string(s.Input.Bytes()) }),
+			func(s *scene) { su.Email = string(s.Input.Bytes()) },
+			func(s *scene, tv *tview.TextView, msg string) {
+				// TODO could check and see if it's email shaped and admonish if not
+				trimmed := strings.TrimSpace(msg)
+				fmt.Fprintln(tv, s.Host.Say(fmt.Sprintf("I heard '%s'. Is that right?", trimmed)))
+			}),
 		newScene("how", heredoc.Doc(`
 				The workshop fades away. You hear the sound of a dial up modem 
 				in the distance.
@@ -221,7 +228,7 @@ func _main(l *log.Logger, db *sql.DB) error {
 			`),
 			"phweeturpff",
 			newCharacter("the shrike", "a little grey bird. it has a pretty song."),
-			func(s *scene) { su.How = string(s.Input.Bytes()) }),
+			func(s *scene) { su.How = string(s.Input.Bytes()) }, nil),
 		newScene("what", heredoc.Doc(`
 				You sink down into soft mossy floor of the forest. You find yourself floating in darkness.
 
@@ -237,7 +244,7 @@ func _main(l *log.Logger, db *sql.DB) error {
 			`),
 			"hmm did you say something?",
 			newCharacter("the vcr", "a black and grey VCR from 1991"),
-			func(s *scene) { su.Why = string(s.Input.Bytes()) }),
+			func(s *scene) { su.Why = string(s.Input.Bytes()) }, nil),
 		newScene("link", heredoc.Doc(`
 				You realize your eyes have been shut. You open them and, in an instant,
 				the neon grid and polygons are gone. You're in a convenience store. Outside
@@ -258,7 +265,7 @@ func _main(l *log.Logger, db *sql.DB) error {
 			`),
 			"just the one last thing please",
 			newCharacter("the mop", "a greying mop with a wooden handle."),
-			func(s *scene) { su.Links = string(s.Input.Bytes()) }),
+			func(s *scene) { su.Links = string(s.Input.Bytes()) }, nil),
 		newScene("done", heredoc.Doc(`
 				thank you for applying to tilde.town! 
 
@@ -274,7 +281,7 @@ func _main(l *log.Logger, db *sql.DB) error {
 			`),
 			"",
 			newCharacter("the æther", "the very air around you"),
-			nil),
+			nil, nil),
 	}
 
 	sm := newSceneManager(msgScroll, scenes)
@@ -321,6 +328,9 @@ func _main(l *log.Logger, db *sql.DB) error {
 		}
 		fmt.Fprintln(msgScroll, player.Say(msg))
 		fmt.Fprintln(sm.Current.Input, msg)
+		if sm.Current.OnMsg != nil {
+			sm.Current.OnMsg(sm.Current, msgScroll, msg)
+		}
 		msgScroll.ScrollToEnd()
 	}