diff --git a/src/interaction/main/walkPast.js b/src/interaction/main/walkPast.js
index 5aa7a52da3742bcc50ebf34728a80d596ae7579c..266f126d19c4160ad3cb19e32c286940be428342 100644
--- a/src/interaction/main/walkPast.js
+++ b/src/interaction/main/walkPast.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 globalThis.walkPast = (function() {
 	// core string variables
 	let t;
-	let r;
 	let output;
 
 	// selection variables
@@ -175,7 +174,7 @@ globalThis.walkPast = (function() {
 	}
 
 	function primeSlave(activeSlave, seed) {
-		r = "";
+		let r = "";
 
 		if (partner !== "relationship" || !App.Utils.hasPartnerSex(activeSlave)) {
 			r += `${activeSlave.slaveName} `;
@@ -190,7 +189,7 @@ globalThis.walkPast = (function() {
 
 	function rivalSlave(activeSlave, seed) {
 		partnerSlave = getSlave(activeSlave.rivalryTarget);
-		r = "";
+		let r = "";
 
 		const {
 			he, his
@@ -1405,7 +1404,7 @@ globalThis.walkPast = (function() {
 	}
 
 	function relatedSlave(activeSlave) {
-		r = "";
+		let r = "";
 		fuckSeed = jsRandom(1, 100);
 
 		const {