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Oh, but there's a trick for that, too. The sp_strength() and sp_defense() attributes of a text sprite control the x and y offset of the text relative to the depth dot of its "parent". I forgot which of the two is x, and which is y, but pretty sure it's in dinkc.chm, on the sp_strength() and sp_defense() pages.

Alternatively, first say() an empty text, or just spaces, then get its sp_x() and sp_y(), then say_[stop_]xy() all following lines at whatever coordinates. Maybe that works.