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Section - New Conversation Verbs

Saying maybe is an action applying to nothing. Understand "maybe" or "shrug" or "dunno" or "dont know" or "dont care" or "not sure" or "either" or "could be" as saying maybe. Check saying maybe: if an attentive person is not enclosed by the location, say "You're not talking to anyone." Carry out saying maybe: say "Your reply is ignored." Carry out saying maybe when the maybe-beat of last beat is not silence: try discussing maybe-beat of last beat instead.

Saying neither is an action applying to nothing. Understand "neither" or "none" as saying neither. Carry out saying neither: try saying maybe. Carry out saying neither when the neither-beat of last beat is not silence: try discussing neither-beat of last beat instead.

Saying both is an action applying to nothing. Understand "either" or "both" as saying both. Carry out saying both: try saying maybe. Carry out saying both when the both-beat of last beat is not silence: try discussing both-beat of last beat instead.

Thanking is an action applying to one visible thing. Understand "thanks/thank" or "thank you" as "[thanking verb]". Understand "[thanking verb]" or "[thanking verb] [something]" or "say [thanking verb] to [something]" as thanking. Check thanking: if noun is not a person or noun is player, speak as the parser "You can only thank another person." instead. Check thanking: if noun is not attentive, try greeting noun instead. Carry out thanking: say "[if a random conversing person is male]H[otherwise]Sh[end if]e nods at your expression of thanks.". Rule for supplying a missing noun when thanking: let Phil be a random other person enclosed by the location; if Phil is not a person begin; say "There's no one here to thank right now."; otherwise; if conversation is being debugged, say "// Conversation: vague thanking; try thanking [Phil]."; change the noun to Phil; end if.

Hugging is an action applying to one visible thing. Understand the command "hug" as something new. Understand "hug/console/comfort" as "[hugging verb]". Understand "[hugging verb]" or "[hugging verb] [something]" as hugging. Check hugging (this is the can only hug another person rule): if noun is not a person or noun is player, speak as the parser "You can only hug another person." instead. [ Check hugging (this is the first greet unattentive people rule): if noun is not attentive, try greeting noun instead. ]Check hugging (this is the can't hug animals rule): if noun is an animal, try touching noun instead. Carry out hugging: say "This may not be the best time for that.". Rule for supplying a missing noun when hugging: let Phil be a random other person enclosed by the location; if Phil is not a person begin; say "There's no one here to hug right now."; otherwise; if conversation is being debugged, say "// Conversation: vague hugging; try hugging [Phil]."; change the noun to Phil; end if.