N5/D2: NPC arcs — Misty stages, Robbie's gift, Thom's final letter

Three flavor arcs on existing per-player counters (no schema, golden
byte-identical):

- Misty: 3 deepening dialogue beats at MistyEncounterCount 5/15/30,
  prepended to the encounter opening the one time the counter lands on a
  threshold. Fiction only — no copy ties a donation to the hidden arena
  effects.
- Robbie: every 10th visit he leaves a consumable "for the trouble,"
  drawn from the dungeon pool at a level-matched tier.
- Thom: paying off the Tier-4 mortgage (no next tier) sends a final
  letter instead of the stock payoff line, plus an inert pet-treat
  keepsake if the player keeps a pet.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_017mEwUmmS7aQTP2NQXj6rUa
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@@ -24,6 +24,31 @@ var mistyAcceptLines = []string{
const mistyDeclineLine = "She nods once and walks away. She doesn't look back."
// ── Misty — Arc Beats (D2) ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
//
// Three deepening dialogue beats keyed to MistyEncounterCount (5 / 15 / 30),
// prepended to the encounter opening the one time the counter lands on a
// threshold. Fiction only: nothing here connects a donation to a combat
// outcome — the arena effects are a hidden discovery mechanic and stay hidden.
var mistyArcBeats = map[int]string{
5: "It's you again. I was hoping it would be. I know your face now -- you're one of the few who ever stops. " +
"Most people look right through me. You never have.",
15: "Can I tell you something? I wasn't always out here asking strangers on the road. " +
"I had a home once. A garden that got away from me every summer. Someone who used to wait up. " +
"It's gone now, all of it. But you keep reminding me there are still kind people in the world. That's not nothing.",
30: "I don't think of you as a stranger anymore. Is it strange to say that? " +
"I catch myself watching the road for you now -- not for the gold, though I won't pretend it doesn't help. " +
"Just to see you're still standing. Whatever's out there, I hope it knows better than to take you from me too.",
}
// mistyArcBeat returns the deepening dialogue for the exact encounter count at
// which a Misty stage lands, or "" for every other encounter.
func mistyArcBeat(encounterCount int) string {
return mistyArcBeats[encounterCount]
}
// ── Arina — Opening Lines ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
var arinaOpenings = []string{