From 1dad15698845d370e998f7cc5feb8aece3fab58f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: historia <[not public]>
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2026 17:05:17 -0400
Subject: refactor: remove dead code, consolidate save/error handling, add lint
 gate

---
 internal/game/core_utils.go | 11 ++++-------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

(limited to 'internal/game/core_utils.go')

diff --git a/internal/game/core_utils.go b/internal/game/core_utils.go
index a07e789..de997cb 100644
--- a/internal/game/core_utils.go
+++ b/internal/game/core_utils.go
@@ -44,16 +44,13 @@ func mobDisplayName(m *world.MobInstance, definite bool) string {
 	return "a " + m.Name
 }
 
-// mobDisplayNameCap is like mobDisplayName but capitalizes the article for use
-// at the start of a sentence (e.g. "The goblin hits you.").
-func mobDisplayNameCap(m *world.MobInstance, definite bool) string {
+// mobDisplayNameCap is like mobDisplayName but always uses the definite
+// article, for use at the start of a sentence (e.g. "The goblin hits you.").
+func mobDisplayNameCap(m *world.MobInstance) string {
 	if m.Unique {
 		return m.Name
 	}
-	if definite {
-		return "The " + m.Name
-	}
-	return "A " + m.Name
+	return "The " + m.Name
 }
 
 // itemDisplayName returns an item's display name for the given id, falling back
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