void confusion(const char *s)
{                               /* consistency check violated; |s| tells where */
    normalize_selector();
    if (history < error_message_issued) {
        print_err("This can't happen (");
        tprint(s);
        print_char(')');
        help1("I'm broken. Please show this to someone who can fix can fix");
    } else {
        print_err("I can't go on meeting you like this");
        help2("One of your faux pas seems to have wounded me deeply...",
              "in fact, I'm barely conscious. Please fix it and try again.");
    }
    succumb();
}