diff --git a/src/events/assistant/assistantAwakens.js b/src/events/assistant/assistantAwakens.js
index 9e356855e788c45691e654c85fd4b8fa6cced5ce..c24528ee65a463afab99058da1d644f585284641 100644
--- a/src/events/assistant/assistantAwakens.js
+++ b/src/events/assistant/assistantAwakens.js
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ App.Events.assistantAwakens = class assistantAwakens extends App.Events.BaseEven
 	}
 
 	execute(node) {
+		V.assistant.personality = -1; // default in case the player skips the event
+
 		const {
 			HeA,
 			heA, hisA
@@ -31,7 +33,6 @@ App.Events.assistantAwakens = class assistantAwakens extends App.Events.BaseEven
 		}
 
 		function no() {
-			V.assistant.personality = -1;
 			return `${capFirstChar(V.assistant.name)} reverts to ${hisA} genderless, emotionless affect.`;
 		}