How do I pause a side sprite's dialogue for 2 seconds?

[Obscura]

Situation:
- Background is slowly moving, and there's some animation
- Side image of character appears, says "hello"

I want that side image and "hello" to stay on screen for 2 seconds. The user might click through the hello and they'll miss it due to the moving background.

Right now my code looks like:

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eside "hello"
$renpy.pause(2.0, hard=True)

Unfortunately, I'm still able to click through and if I'm clicking at the wrong time, the side sprite can be missed in a blink.

Is there any way to keep the dialogue on screen and disable clicking for those 2 seconds?

Thanks!

[indoneko]

I'm not sure we can do it with character. How about using show image + show text instead?

[Obscura]

I'll try it that way. Thanks, indoneko!

[trooper6]

I'm on my phone, so I can't give details, but other options involve:

There was a a config variable that controls if dismissal is allowed. I believe it takes a function. You could use that to disallow dismissal. You could also have a screen that takes away the key bindings that allow for dismissal, show it, pause for two seconds and then hide it.