diff --git a/scumm/actor.h b/scumm/actor.h
index 47a3f54666e..d1ef4d9d07f 100644
--- a/scumm/actor.h
+++ b/scumm/actor.h
@@ -157,7 +157,9 @@ public:
 	byte *getActorName();
 	void startWalkActor(int x, int y, int dir);
 	void stopActorMoving();
+protected:
 	void startWalkAnim(int cmd, int angle);
+public:
 	void startAnimActor(int frame);
 
 	void remapActorPalette(int r_fact, int g_fact, int b_fact, int threshold);
diff --git a/scumm/script_v6.cpp b/scumm/script_v6.cpp
index 275cde4b51d..62063547259 100644
--- a/scumm/script_v6.cpp
+++ b/scumm/script_v6.cpp
@@ -1167,7 +1167,7 @@ void Scumm_v6::o6_loadRoomWithEgo() {
 
 	_fullRedraw = 1;
 
-	if (x != -1) {
+	if (x != -1 && x != 0x7FFFFFFF) {
 		a->startWalkActor(x, y, -1);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/scumm/string.cpp b/scumm/string.cpp
index 446978dfe6d..c7b49e6d9e7 100644
--- a/scumm/string.cpp
+++ b/scumm/string.cpp
@@ -690,8 +690,6 @@ void Scumm::enqueueText(const byte *text, int x, int y, byte color, byte charset
 }
 
 void Scumm::drawBlastTexts() {
-	// FIXME
-
 	byte *buf;
 	int c;
 	int i;