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Ryan Veeder & Emily Boegheim

Release 4

Section - Actual Interlocutor

[Figuring out who the player is talking to.]

To decide which object is the actual interlocutor:

if the current action is talking to or the current action is asking someone about or the current action is telling someone about or the current action is asking someone for or the current action is answering someone that:

decide on the noun;

if the current action is requesting someone for or the current action is imploring someone for or the current action is quizzing someone about or the current action is informing someone about or the current action is saying hello to or the current action is saying goodbye to:

decide on the noun;

if the current action is giving something to or the current action is showing something to:

decide on the second noun;

if exactly one non-player person (called de facto) is enclosed by the location:

decide on the de facto;

if no non-player person is enclosed by the location:

decide on nothing;

decide on the current interlocutor.