Clear status line to preserve clean conversation

src/main.rs

@@ -188,9 +188,8 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
                         }
                     };
 
-                    // print the response
-                    status.print("\n"); // reset cursor after progress output
-                    status.print("\n"); // newline for readability
+                    // print the response after clearing the status line
+                    status.clear_line();
                     personality.speak(&text);
                     status.print("\n"); // I really like readability
 

src/status.rs

@@ -9,6 +9,14 @@ impl Status {
         Self { silent: true }
     }
 
+    /// Clear a partially printed line that has not printed a final newline character
+    pub fn clear_line(&self) {
+        for _ in 0..100 {
+            self.print("\u{8}");
+            self.print("\r"); // just to be sure
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Print text to standard error
     pub fn print(&self, text: &str) {
         if self.silent {