diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 289ff28..21c5491 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 ⚡️ Delivers core agent functionality in just **~4,000** lines of code — **99% smaller** than Clawdbot's 430k+ lines.
 
-📏 Real-time line count: **3,781 lines** (run `bash core_agent_lines.sh` to verify anytime)
+📏 Real-time line count: **3,793 lines** (run `bash core_agent_lines.sh` to verify anytime)
 
 ## 📢 News
 
diff --git a/nanobot/agent/loop.py b/nanobot/agent/loop.py
index 3829626..a90dccb 100644
--- a/nanobot/agent/loop.py
+++ b/nanobot/agent/loop.py
@@ -227,16 +227,11 @@ class AgentLoop:
                     )
             else:
                 final_content = self._strip_think(response.content)
-                # Some models (MiniMax, Gemini Flash, GPT-4.1, etc.) send an
-                # interim text response (e.g. "Let me investigate...") before
-                # making tool calls. If no tools have been used yet and we
-                # haven't already retried, add the text to the conversation
-                # and give the model one more chance to use tools.
-                # We do NOT forward the interim text as progress to avoid
-                # duplicate messages when the model simply answers directly.
+                # Some models send an interim text response before tool calls.
+                # Give them one retry; don't forward the text to avoid duplicates.
                 if not tools_used and not text_only_retried and final_content:
                     text_only_retried = True
-                    logger.debug(f"Interim text response (no tools used yet), retrying: {final_content[:80]}")
+                    logger.debug("Interim text response (no tools used yet), retrying: {}", final_content[:80])
                     messages = self.context.add_assistant_message(
                         messages, response.content,
                         reasoning_content=response.reasoning_content,