I'd have believed you without the picture, Benthos. Something similar happened to me back when I was doing my first playthrough. I was out in the wilderness and came across Deep-in-his-Cups for the first time. Right as he began talking a sabrecat attacked, and discovered after some fruitless keyboard hammering I could do nothing but listen to him. So he burbled on all about breaking into the bandit camp, getting the stupid hat, and demanding the ten thousand gold I promised while my character was screaming in agony and being mauled. By the time he'd finished speaking that druggie Argonian finally noticed the sabrecat prancing around and my rapidly ebbing life. Before I could take a dialogue option he ended the conversation and killed the stupid cat for me. But then he wouldn't restart the conversation! All he'd say was "Need something" and "Hmm?" I felt like screaming in agony. That conversation had such potential for humour, I'd been really interested in where it was going, and the bloody sabrecat made me lose it!
And on a totally wow moment. When staying at the Bannered Mare's upstairs room I tend to not go down the ladder, I prefer to instead go to the alcove and jump over the railings. It's a bit quicker, and followers don't get in your way. Today I managed, for the first time ever, to land on the benches next to the fire pit. While I was going wow, a nearby child said sadly: "I'm not allowed to stand on the furniture," causing me to go 'wow' again. I'd never heard a child say that before, despite jumping on the furniture an awful lot.
