Guide a scene with chat controls

Use regeneration when you want a new take on the latest reply. A variant is useful when the current response is plausible but you want to compare a different direction, tone, or wording before deciding how the scene should continue.

Edit your own message when the intent was right but the wording, action, or detail was not. This is often cleaner than sending a follow-up that asks the character to ignore what you just said.

Rewind is for a bigger course correction. Return to an earlier message when the scene took a turn you do not want to keep, then continue from that point. Use it sparingly: choose a clear point in the conversation rather than repeatedly rewinding a long sequence.

Pin a memory when a detail should remain important as the scene grows. Use a lore fix when the story has an established fact wrong. These are continuity tools, not just another way to request a different style of reply.

Read memory and continuity for examples of what makes a correction useful.

Start with the least disruptive control. Regenerate a reply when only the latest response is off, edit when your message needs a correction, use a lore fix for a fact, and rewind when the entire branch should change. That preserves more of the story you already like.