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Listening to something (past tense listened to)

The Standard Rules define this action in only a minimal way, blocking it with a check rule which stops it in all cases. It exists so that before or instead rules can be written to make it do interesting things in special cases. (Or to reconstruct the action as something more substantial, unlist the block rule and supply carry out and report rules, together perhaps with some further check rules.)

Typed commands leading to this action

    "listen"
    "hear [something]"
    "listen to [something]"

Rules controlling this action

    before    doing anything except listening to, saying yes, saying no or saying maybe in In a Cage above the Magma   
    instead    doing anything except preparing, finding responses to, giving text for, giving link to, taking inventory, examining, looking, thinking, smelling, listening to, waiting when the player is yourself and the Yes or No Boolean is false   
    instead    listening to in In a Cage above the Magma for the first time   
    instead    smelling, tasting or listening to in the introduction   
    instead    listening to the magma   
    instead    listening to the Lake of Boiling Magma   
    instead    listening to the whispered words   
    check        an actor listening  block listening rule