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Section 8 - Sedating

Understand "sedate [person]" as sedating.

Sedating is an action applying to one visible thing.

To sedate is a verb.

Check an actor sedating a person (this is the can't sedate a sleeping or dead person rule):

if the noun is asleep:

say "They're already asleep.";

stop the action;

otherwise if the noun is dead:

say "A dead person can't be sedated.";

stop the action.

Check an actor sedating a person (this is the can't sedate without a hypo rule):

if a hypo is carried by the actor:

continue the action;

otherwise if a hypo is part of the actor:

continue the action;

otherwise:

say "[The actor] [can't sedate] [the noun] without a hypo.";

stop the action.

Check an actor sedating a droid (this is the droids can't be sedated rule):

say "A droid can't be sedated.";

stop the action.

Carry out an actor sedating a person:

say "[The actor] [sedate] [the noun].";

try the noun sleeping.