NullReferenceException in multiplayer when farmhand is at Elliot's 10-heart event

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Hi there!

Was using this the other night in multiplayer with Any cutscene pauses enabled. I was the host, and my farmhand triggered the Elliot 10 heart event. During the event, I continuously received the following error:

NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
   at PauseInMultiplayer.PauseInMultiplayer.GameLoop_UpdateTicking(Object sender, UpdateTickingEventArgs e) in /Users/misha/PauseInMultiplayer/PauseInMultiplayer/PauseInMultiplayer.cs:line 538
   at StardewModdingAPI.Framework.Events.ManagedEvent`1.Raise(TEventArgs args) in SMAPI\Framework\Events\ManagedEvent.cs:line 101

So, at a guess, .characters was null for the location that my farmhand was in?

This was with:
Stardew Valley: v1.6.3
SMAPI: v4.0.3
Mod: v1.8.0