Crash when caught in stealth challenges: player.hook_string.points is null

[Denza755]

If the player is captured in a stealth challenge, the following error is shown:

SCRIPT ERROR: Invalid access to property or key 'points' on a base object of type 'Nil'.
          at: PlayerHook.tessellate_string (res://scenes/game_elements/characters/player/components/player_hook.gd:213)
          GDScript backtrace (most recent call first):
              [0] tessellate_string (res://scenes/game_elements/characters/player/components/player_hook.gd:213)
              [1] shatter_string (res://scenes/game_elements/characters/player/components/player_hook.gd:220)
              [2] _on_player_mode_changed (res://scenes/game_elements/characters/player/components/player_hook.gd:109)
              [3] _set_mode (res://scenes/game_elements/characters/player/components/player.gd:111)
              [4] defeat (res://scenes/game_elements/characters/player/components/player.gd:242)
              [5] _on_player_detected (res://scenes/game_logic/stealth_game_logic.gd:16)
              [6] _update_player_awareness (res://scenes/game_elements/characters/enemies/guard/components/guard.gd:204)
              [7] _process (res://scenes/game_elements/characters/enemies/guard/components/guard.gd:165)

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[wjt]

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[wjt]

OK, I have reproduced this bug. I'll retitle and edit the description.

[wjt]

This is a regression due to commit 494fec1 / #1792.