Making a sprite stop talking when dialogue stops?

[nagoya29]

Hello, a newbie here, so I came across live composites and condition switch the other day, to make a character blink and talk, and the result is pretty much what the tutorial said it'd do. But is it possible to make the sprite stop talking when the dialogue stops, or at least not repeat while the player is still reading the dialogue? Also, is there a way to make elena_talk = True automatically when Elena is speaking? The current code I have is pretty inefficient I believe, cuz I'm not really good at this, so any help would be greatly appreciated:D Thank you in advance!

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default elena_talk = False

define e = Character("Elena")

image img1 = "img1.jpg"
image elena_mouthstill = "mouth1.png"

image elena_talking:
    "mouth1.png"
    0.2
    "mouth2.png"
    0.13
    "mouth3.png"
    0.13
    "mouth2.png"
    0.13
    "mouth3.png"
    0.13
    "mouth2.png"
    0.13
    "mouth1.png"
    3.4
    repeat


image elena_eyes:
    "eyes1.png"
    choice:
        3.4
    choice:
        5.1
    choice:
        4.2
    choice:
        3.9
    "eyes2.png"
    .09
    "eyes3.png"
    .09
    "eyes2.png"
    .09
    "eyes1.png"
    .09
    repeat


image elena = Composite((700, 960),
    (0, 0), "base.png",
    (0, 0), ConditionSwitch(
        "elena_talk", "elena_talking",
        "True", "elena_mouthstill"),
    (0,0), "elena_eyes")

label start:

    scene img1 with dissolve
    show elena with dissolve
    play music "bgmusic.ogg"
    
    $ elena_talk = True
    e "Hey, didn't see you there."
    $ elena_talk = False
    "Oh hey Elena, could you help me with something real quick?"
    $ elena_talk = True
    e "Sure, I don't have much to do now anyways."

    return

[Kia]

if I remember correctly, there was a lip flap code example using the character call back doing exactly what you want. try searching "lip flap" on the forum and see if you can find it

[nagoya29]

Ah yes, I've found it! Thank you so much:)