[SOLVED] Making a character say a random element from a list

[Team1Player2]

Hello,

I am trying to build a dialogue system in which one option is "Small talk". It improves relationship by a small value and gives random bits of dialogue. Mechanically, each character has several relationship states. Those are lists. I already wrote code that deletes and adds names to the appropriate list based on relationship. Each relationship level has a corresponding list of small talk.

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def choose_small_talk(name):
        if name in met_not_acquainted:
            small_talk = renpy.random.choice(adam_small_talk_1)
            
a "here will be the random thing"

How do I make my characters say the random nonsense picked from that list?

[Ocelot]

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# We are returning chosen sentence instead of setting local variable
def choose_small_talk(name):
    if name in met_not_acquainted:
        return renpy.random.choice(adam_small_talk_1)
    return renpy.random.choice(adam_small_talk_0)

# . . .

# You can use either:
$ a( choose_small_talk("some_name") )

# or this, if you want to process it before displaying
$ small_talk = choose_small_talk("some_name") 
$ a( small_talk )

[Team1Player2]

Thank you. Works as intended.