diff --git a/java/lc-irc-bot/src/main/java/lc/irc/bot/IrcBot.java b/java/lc-irc-bot/src/main/java/lc/irc/bot/IrcBot.java
index 6d7180d48b80e6b471176c09a89edd6faf479289..e175cdeea93602139653f30ac81d02be79761f2e 100644
--- a/java/lc-irc-bot/src/main/java/lc/irc/bot/IrcBot.java
+++ b/java/lc-irc-bot/src/main/java/lc/irc/bot/IrcBot.java
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ public class IrcBot extends ListenerAdapter implements Runnable {
     private final Pattern p = Pattern.compile("\\G\\s*(.{1," + maxLength + "})(?=\\s|$)", Pattern.DOTALL);
     private final Random r = new Random();
 
+    String hedgePrompt = null;
     private final HashMap<String, LinkedList<ChatMessage>> history = new HashMap<>();
 
     public String prePrompt = null;
@@ -63,9 +64,11 @@ public class IrcBot extends ListenerAdapter implements Runnable {
         switch (botName) {
             case "Werner":
                 prePrompt = "Pretending to be Werner Herzog, respond to the following: ";
+                hedgePrompt = "Pretending to be Werner Herzog, you just overheard the following, say something interesting about it: ";
                 break;
             case "BlackBeard":
                 prePrompt = "Pretending to the dread pirate Blackbeard, respond to the following: ";
+                hedgePrompt = "Pretending to be the dread pirate Blackbeard, you just overheard the following, say something interesting about it: ";
                 break;
         }
     }
@@ -100,51 +103,57 @@ public class IrcBot extends ListenerAdapter implements Runnable {
         String msg = event.getMessage();
         String lMsg = msg.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT);
 
+        String prompt = null;
+
         if (lMsg.startsWith(botLetter.toLowerCase() + ": ")
                 || lMsg.startsWith(botName.toLowerCase() + ": ")) {
-
-            String prompt = msg.substring(2);
-
+            prompt = msg.substring(2);
             if (prePrompt != null) {
-                prompt = prePrompt + prompt;
+                prompt = prePrompt + msg.substring(2);
             }
+        }
 
-            ChatMessage userMessage = new ChatMessage(ChatMessageRole.USER.value(), prompt);
+        if (hedgePrompt != null && prompt == null && r.nextInt(100) == 0) {
+            prompt = hedgePrompt + msg.substring(2);
+        }
 
-            LinkedList<ChatMessage> msgs = getHistory(event.getUser().getNick());
+        if (prompt == null) return;
 
-            push(msgs, userMessage);
+        ChatMessage userMessage = new ChatMessage(ChatMessageRole.USER.value(), prompt);
 
-            ChatCompletionRequest completionRequest = ChatCompletionRequest.builder()
-                    .messages(msgs)
-                    .model(model)
-                    .stream(false)
-                    .maxTokens(500)
-                    .build();
+        LinkedList<ChatMessage> msgs = getHistory(event.getUser().getNick());
 
-            ChatMessage responseMessage = service.createChatCompletion(completionRequest).getChoices().get(0).getMessage();
+        push(msgs, userMessage);
 
-            if (responseMessage == null) {
-                event.respond("Hrm, I really don't know.");
-                return;
-            }
+        ChatCompletionRequest completionRequest = ChatCompletionRequest.builder()
+                .messages(msgs)
+                .model(model)
+                .stream(false)
+                .maxTokens(500)
+                .build();
+
+        ChatMessage responseMessage = service.createChatCompletion(completionRequest).getChoices().get(0).getMessage();
+
+        if (responseMessage == null) {
+            event.respond("Hrm, I really don't know.");
+            return;
+        }
 
-            push(msgs, responseMessage);
-
-            logger.info("Result: {}", responseMessage);
-
-            logger.info("CompletionChoice: {}", responseMessage);
-            String txt = responseMessage.getContent();
-            String[] lines = txt.split("\\R");
-            for (String s : lines) {
-                s = s.trim();
-                if (!StringUtils.isBlank(s)) {
-                    Matcher m = p.matcher(s);
-                    while (m.find()) {
-                        String subStr = m.group(1);
-                        if (!StringUtils.isBlank(subStr))
-                            event.respond(m.group(1));
-                    }
+        push(msgs, responseMessage);
+
+        logger.info("Result: {}", responseMessage);
+
+        logger.info("CompletionChoice: {}", responseMessage);
+        String txt = responseMessage.getContent();
+        String[] lines = txt.split("\\R");
+        for (String s : lines) {
+            s = s.trim();
+            if (!StringUtils.isBlank(s)) {
+                Matcher m = p.matcher(s);
+                while (m.find()) {
+                    String subStr = m.group(1);
+                    if (!StringUtils.isBlank(subStr))
+                        event.respond(m.group(1));
                 }
             }
         }