diff --git a/games/peasant/text/inn.inc b/games/peasant/text/inn.inc
index 800bba16..aa2c3dd2 100644
--- a/games/peasant/text/inn.inc
+++ b/games/peasant/text/inn.inc
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+inn_dialog_start:
+
 ;==================
 ; Inside Giant Inn
 ;==================
@@ -242,4 +244,7 @@ inside_inn_sleep_bed_message:
 .byte "to that stinky old guy over",13
 .byte "there about that.",0
 
+inn_dialog_end:
+
+.assert (>inn_dialog_end - >inn_dialog_start) < $1E , error, "inn dialog too big"
 
diff --git a/games/peasant/text/inside.inc b/games/peasant/text/inside.inc
index ee764bba..18c844e7 100644
--- a/games/peasant/text/inside.inc
+++ b/games/peasant/text/inside.inc
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+inside_dialog_start:
+
 ;================
 ; Hidden Glen
 ;================
@@ -564,3 +566,7 @@ inside_cottage_leaving_post_trinket_message:
 .byte "foreground. You don't see",13
 .byte "me all typing ",34,"get",13
 .byte "computer monitor",34,", do you?",0
+
+inside_dialog_end:
+
+.assert (>inside_dialog_end - >inside_dialog_start) < $1E , error, "inside dialog too big"
diff --git a/games/peasant/text/kerrek.inc b/games/peasant/text/kerrek.inc
index d0309d4b..8874a927 100644
--- a/games/peasant/text/kerrek.inc
+++ b/games/peasant/text/kerrek.inc
@@ -58,23 +58,23 @@ kerrek_look_at_message:
 .byte "just go, ",34,"Yay! Piggies!",34,0
 
 ; + look (dead Kerrek)
-.byte "There are large hoof prints",13
-.byte "in the grass here.",13
-.byte "There is a large",13
-.byte "Kerrek-shaped mound on the",13
-.byte "grass.",0
+;.byte "There are large hoof prints",13
+;.byte "in the grass here.",13
+;.byte "There is a large",13
+;.byte "Kerrek-shaped mound on the",13
+;.byte "grass.",0
 
 ; + look (rotting Kerrek)
-.byte "There are large hoof prints",13
-.byte "in the grass here. Part",13
-.byte "of the ground looks just",13
-.byte "like a rotting kerrek.",0
+;.byte "There are large hoof prints",13
+;.byte "in the grass here. Part",13
+;.byte "of the ground looks just",13
+;.byte "like a rotting kerrek.",0
 
 ; + look (skeletal Kerrek)
-.byte "There are large hoof prints",13
-.byte "in the grass here.",13
-.byte "Looks like someone left",13
-.byte "their spare bones here.",0
+;.byte "There are large hoof prints",13
+;.byte "in the grass here.",13
+;.byte "Looks like someone left",13
+;.byte "their spare bones here.",0
 
 ; + buy kerrek a cold one (in the Kerrek's domain while he's still alive)
 ;   (Warning: This speeds the Kerrek up, so be careful.) 
diff --git a/games/peasant/text/peasant1.inc b/games/peasant/text/peasant1.inc
index a2a9dbad..a8b52072 100644
--- a/games/peasant/text/peasant1.inc
+++ b/games/peasant/text/peasant1.inc
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+peasant1_dialog_start:
+
 ;===================
 ; Poor Gary's Glen
 ;===================
@@ -520,3 +522,6 @@ waterfall_swim_message:
 .byte "of those weight-gain",13
 .byte "protein smoothies.",0
 
+peasant1_dialog_end:
+
+.assert (>peasant1_dialog_end - >peasant1_dialog_start) < $1E , error, "peasant1 dialog too big"
diff --git a/games/peasant/text/peasant2.inc b/games/peasant/text/peasant2.inc
index 13c6d975..4af0dc87 100644
--- a/games/peasant/text/peasant2.inc
+++ b/games/peasant/text/peasant2.inc
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+peasant2_dialog_start:
 
 ;===============
 ; That Hay Bale
@@ -595,3 +596,7 @@ knight_ask_trogdor_message:
 knight_ask_unknown_message:
 .byte 34,"I don't know anything",13
 .byte "about that, short pants.",34,0
+
+peasant2_dialog_end:
+
+.assert (>peasant2_dialog_end - >peasant2_dialog_start) < $1E , error, "peasant2 dialog too big"
diff --git a/games/peasant/text/peasant3.inc b/games/peasant/text/peasant3.inc
index 1d6476b7..d1ccf40d 100644
--- a/games/peasant/text/peasant3.inc
+++ b/games/peasant/text/peasant3.inc
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+peasant3_dialog_start:
+
 ;=============
 ; Jhonka cave
 ;=============
@@ -549,3 +551,7 @@ outside_inn_note_get_message:
 .byte "notes?! No!! ",0
 
 ; +3 POINTS: leave inn with pot on head
+
+peasant3_dialog_end:
+
+.assert (>peasant3_dialog_end - >peasant3_dialog_start) < $1E , error, "peasant3 dialog too big"
diff --git a/games/peasant/text/peasant4.inc b/games/peasant/text/peasant4.inc
index 6e00db75..8bf24420 100644
--- a/games/peasant/text/peasant4.inc
+++ b/games/peasant/text/peasant4.inc
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+peasant4_dialog_start:
 
 ;====================================
 ; Outside Mysterious (Ned's) Cottage
@@ -407,3 +408,6 @@ crooked_tree_get_plaque_message:
 .byte "your browning, rotten",13
 .byte "peasant teeth already.",0
 
+peasant4_dialog_end:
+
+.assert (>peasant4_dialog_end - >peasant4_dialog_start) < $1E , error, "peasant4 dialog too big"