Ah damn. Thought I got that one. Must have not saved it.
Hmm, that does make sense. I'll rejig the enemies around to make the easier ones spawn near where you start...
Loaded a save from the first version, don't think this was supposed to happen. Also, if saves are meant to be incompatible between versions adding an intro skip and holding ctrl to zoom through textboxes would make getting back to where you were much less tedious.
Edit: Now killing an enemy with Essence Drain causes the textbox to appear multiple times, and it stacks.