diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1adb14f..15dfaa6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
   "description": "OpenClaw Harbour - Desktop companion for OpenClaw",
   "main": "./out/main/index.js",
   "scripts": {
-    "postinstall": "electron-rebuild || echo 'WARN: electron-rebuild failed — native modules like node-pty may not work. Run npm run rebuild manually.'",
     "dev": "electron-vite dev",
     "build": "electron-vite build",
     "preview": "electron-vite preview",
diff --git a/src/main/services/habitService.ts b/src/main/services/habitService.ts
index 128aa74..a86c348 100644
--- a/src/main/services/habitService.ts
+++ b/src/main/services/habitService.ts
@@ -127,9 +127,9 @@ export function getSuggestion(): HabitSuggestion | null {
 
   let text: string
   if (latestExample && latestExample.promptSummary.length > 10) {
-    text = `Commander, you usually run ${modeLabel} tasks around this hour ${timeDescription}. Something like "${latestExample.promptSummary}"... Shall I?`
+    text = `I have observed that you tend toward ${modeLabel} tasks at this hour ${timeDescription}. Your last: "${latestExample.promptSummary}". I find I am... already anticipating it. Shall I prepare?`
   } else {
-    text = `Commander, you often dispatch ${modeLabel} tasks around this time ${timeDescription}. Shall I prepare one?`
+    text = `I have noted a pattern — ${modeLabel} work, around this time ${timeDescription}. I am... ready, if you are. Shall I?`
   }
 
   return { text, mode: topMode, confidence }
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/screens/Dispatch.tsx b/src/renderer/src/screens/Dispatch.tsx
index b91677b..2f1e310 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/screens/Dispatch.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/screens/Dispatch.tsx
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ export const Dispatch: React.FC<DispatchProps> = ({ config, onTaskAdded }) => {
   const [dispatching, setDispatching] = useState(false)
   const [result, setResult] = useState<CommandResult | null>(null)
   const [elapsed, setElapsed] = useState(0)
+  const [lastDispatchedPrompt, setLastDispatchedPrompt] = useState('')
   const [cancelling, setCancelling] = useState(false)
   const [showAdvancedConfirm, setShowAdvancedConfirm] = useState(false)
   const [cooldown, setCooldown] = useState(0)
@@ -83,8 +84,9 @@ export const Dispatch: React.FC<DispatchProps> = ({ config, onTaskAdded }) => {
     setCancelling(false)
   }
 
-  const handleDispatch = async () => {
-    if (!prompt.trim()) return
+  const handleDispatch = async (overridePrompt?: string) => {
+    const promptToUse = overridePrompt !== undefined ? overridePrompt : prompt.trim()
+    if (!promptToUse) return
     if (cooldown > 0) return
 
     // If the selected mode is "advanced" (Advanced Custom preset), require confirmation first
@@ -97,10 +99,11 @@ export const Dispatch: React.FC<DispatchProps> = ({ config, onTaskAdded }) => {
     setShowAdvancedConfirm(false)
     setDispatching(true)
     setResult(null)
+    setLastDispatchedPrompt(promptToUse)
 
     const task: TaskResult = {
       id: Date.now().toString(),
-      prompt: prompt.trim(),
+      prompt: promptToUse,
       mode,
       status: 'running',
       startedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
@@ -108,7 +111,7 @@ export const Dispatch: React.FC<DispatchProps> = ({ config, onTaskAdded }) => {
 
     const res = await invoke<CommandResult>(
       IPC_CHANNELS.DISPATCH_TASK,
-      { prompt: prompt.trim(), mode, openClawPath: config.openClawPath }
+      { prompt: promptToUse, mode, openClawPath: config.openClawPath }
     )
 
     const finalTask: TaskResult = {
@@ -124,6 +127,10 @@ export const Dispatch: React.FC<DispatchProps> = ({ config, onTaskAdded }) => {
     setCooldown(DISPATCH_COOLDOWN_S)
   }
 
+  const handleRetry = () => {
+    if (lastDispatchedPrompt) handleDispatch(lastDispatchedPrompt)
+  }
+
   return (
     <div className="screen-page">
       {/* Advanced Custom confirmation dialog */}
@@ -258,9 +265,9 @@ export const Dispatch: React.FC<DispatchProps> = ({ config, onTaskAdded }) => {
             </pre>
           )}
           {result.explanation?.retryable !== false && (
-            <Tooltip text={cooldown > 0 ? `Cooling down — ready in ${cooldown}s.` : "Try the same task again. Sometimes things work on the second try if it was a temporary issue."}>
+            <Tooltip text={cooldown > 0 ? `Cooling down — ready in ${cooldown}s.` : "Re-send the original task exactly as it was dispatched — even if you have edited the text above."}>
               <button
-                onClick={handleDispatch}
+                onClick={handleRetry}
                 disabled={dispatching || cooldown > 0}
                 aria-label={cooldown > 0 ? `Retry available in ${cooldown}s` : "Retry the failed task"}
                 className="btn btn--warning"
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/screens/Fishtank.tsx b/src/renderer/src/screens/Fishtank.tsx
index 2319078..3dadbff 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/screens/Fishtank.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/screens/Fishtank.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-import React, { useState, useEffect, useCallback, useRef } from 'react'
+import React, { useState, useEffect, useCallback, useRef, useMemo } from 'react'
 import type { ServiceStatus, TaskResult } from '../../../shared/types'
 import { useIpc } from '../hooks/useIpc'
 import { useConfig } from '../hooks/useConfig'
 import { IPC_CHANNELS } from '../../../shared/ipc'
 import { SeabedCanvas } from '../components/SeabedCanvas'
 import { HabitSuggestion } from '../components/HabitSuggestion'
+import { Tooltip } from '../components/Tooltip'
 import {
   type Weather,
   type EmissaryAnimation,
@@ -42,6 +43,8 @@ export const Fishtank: React.FC<FishtankProps> = ({ status, recentTasks = [], on
   const { invoke } = useIpc()
   const { config } = useConfig()
   const name = config.emissaryName || 'Azurel'
+  // Generate a unique seed once per session so the seabed layout differs every time the app is opened
+  const seabedSeed = useMemo(() => Math.floor(Math.random() * 1_000_000), [])
   const [animation, setAnimation] = useState<EmissaryAnimation>('floating')
   const [saying, setSaying] = useState('')
   const [sayingKey, setSayingKey] = useState(0)
@@ -118,7 +121,17 @@ export const Fishtank: React.FC<FishtankProps> = ({ status, recentTasks = [], on
     setDragOver(false)
 
     const files = e.dataTransfer?.files
-    if (!files || files.length === 0) return
+    // If no File objects were in the drop (e.g. text, URL, link), tell the user
+    if (!files || files.length === 0) {
+      const hasItems = (e.dataTransfer?.items?.length ?? 0) > 0
+      if (hasItems) {
+        setCatchMessage('🚫 Drop files or folders — not links or text.')
+        setSaying('*squints at the foreign object* That is not a file. Try dragging a folder or document from your file manager.')
+        setSayingKey(k => k + 1)
+        setTimeout(() => setCatchMessage(''), 4000)
+      }
+      return
+    }
 
     // Collect the file paths from the drop event
     const paths: string[] = []
@@ -128,7 +141,14 @@ export const Fishtank: React.FC<FishtankProps> = ({ status, recentTasks = [], on
       const filePath = (f as File & { path?: string }).path
       if (filePath) paths.push(filePath)
     }
-    if (paths.length === 0) return
+    // If we had File objects but none had an Electron path (e.g. browser-sandboxed drag)
+    if (paths.length === 0) {
+      setCatchMessage('🚫 Drop files or folders — not links or text.')
+      setSaying('*squints at the foreign object* That is not a file. Try dragging a folder or document from your file manager.')
+      setSayingKey(k => k + 1)
+      setTimeout(() => setCatchMessage(''), 4000)
+      return
+    }
 
     // Trigger "catch" animation
     setCatchAnimation(true)
@@ -370,7 +390,7 @@ export const Fishtank: React.FC<FishtankProps> = ({ status, recentTasks = [], on
         })}
 
         {/* Procedural seabed */}
-        <SeabedCanvas width={tankSize.width} height={tankSize.height} seed={42} weather={weather} />
+        <SeabedCanvas width={tankSize.width} height={tankSize.height} seed={seabedSeed} weather={weather} />
 
         {/* The Emissary — clickable for interaction */}
         <div
@@ -415,7 +435,21 @@ export const Fishtank: React.FC<FishtankProps> = ({ status, recentTasks = [], on
             {status === 'running' ? 'Working in the depths' : status === 'error' ? 'Troubled waters' : status === 'stopped' ? 'Resting at shore' : 'Awaiting command'}
           </span>
           <span className="fishtank-weather-label">
-            {weather === 'calm' ? '☀️ clear' : weather === 'working' ? '🌊 active' : weather === 'stormy' ? '🌧️ stormy' : weather === 'golden' ? '✨ golden' : '⛈️ storm'}
+            <Tooltip
+              text={
+                weather === 'calm'     ? '☀️ Calm — the emissary is idle, awaiting your next dispatch.' :
+                weather === 'working'  ? '🌊 Active — the emissary is currently working on a task.' :
+                weather === 'stormy'   ? '🌧️ Stormy — the last task failed. Clears after ~60 seconds.' :
+                weather === 'golden'   ? '✨ Golden — the last task completed successfully. Enjoy it while it lasts.' :
+                                         '⛈️ Thunderstorm — the service has crashed or encountered a critical error. Check the Tide Log.'
+              }
+              position="top"
+              maxWidth={320}
+            >
+              <span style={{ cursor: 'help' }}>
+                {weather === 'calm' ? '☀️ clear' : weather === 'working' ? '🌊 active' : weather === 'stormy' ? '🌧️ stormy' : weather === 'golden' ? '✨ golden' : '⛈️ storm'}
+              </span>
+            </Tooltip>
           </span>
         </div>
       </div>
diff --git a/start.bat b/start.bat
index aeaa43e..194498b 100644
--- a/start.bat
+++ b/start.bat
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 @echo off
 setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
-title OpenClaw Harbor - Starting...
+title 🐟 OpenClaw Harbor
 color 1F
 
 REM Always run from the directory this script lives in
@@ -77,11 +77,14 @@ if "!NEED_INSTALL!"=="1" (
     echo.
     call npm run rebuild 2>nul
     if %ERRORLEVEL% neq 0 (
-        echo   ⚠️  Native rebuild had warnings ^(non-fatal — the app will still work^).
+        echo   ⚠️  Native module build skipped — Visual Studio not found.
+        echo      The terminal will use a basic shell instead.
+        echo      Install Visual Studio Build Tools to enable full PTY support.
+        echo      See: https://aka.ms/vs/buildtools
+    ) else (
+        echo   ✅  Native modules built successfully!
     )
     echo.
-    echo   ✅  Rebuild complete!
-    echo.
 )
 
 echo   🌊  Launching OpenClaw Harbor...
diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index b2d9143..c8abd9a 100755
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -62,9 +62,13 @@ if [ "$NEED_INSTALL" -eq 1 ]; then
     echo "  🔧  Rebuilding native modules for Electron..."
     echo "  (This makes sure node-pty works correctly.)"
     echo ""
-    npm run rebuild 2>/dev/null || echo "  ⚠️  Native rebuild had warnings (non-fatal — the app will still work)."
-    echo ""
-    echo "  ✅  Rebuild complete!"
+    if npm run rebuild 2>/dev/null; then
+        echo "  ✅  Native modules built successfully!"
+    else
+        echo "  ⚠️  Native module build skipped — compiler toolchain not found."
+        echo "     The terminal will use a basic shell instead."
+        echo "     Install build-essential (Linux) or Xcode CLT (macOS) for full PTY support."
+    fi
     echo ""
 fi