If ERIC is doing anything other than walking or standing still, one of the bits here will be set.

Bit	Meaning if set	Handler	Checked by
0	ERIC is firing the catapult	F41F	6AD9
1	ERIC is hitting	F4A4	6AD9
2	ERIC is jumping	F533	6AD9, 77AC, 78AA, 79FD
3	ERIC is being spoken to by little boy no. 10	F778	6AD9
4	ERIC has just been knocked down or unseated	6AA7	6AD9
5	ERIC is writing on a blackboard	F6AA	6767
6	Unused (always reset)		657F, 65E4, 6652
7	ERIC is sitting or lying down (set by 6AA7 or 6CAF)		6564, F46E, F5DA, F650