Merge pull request CleverRaven#58259 from casswedson/doc-&-use

docs: removing quotation around dialogue text
OldFriendEr · Jun 8, 2022 · 3fc0f90 · 3fc0f90
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@@ -546,6 +546,13 @@ The player will have one response text if a condition is true, and another if it
 ### text
 Will be shown to the user, no further meaning.
 
+Text boxes; dialogue in general is a convenient space to sprinkle in descriptive text, something that isn't necessarily being said by any interlocutor
+but something the player character, npc or speaking entity express, do or generally interact with given a context
+there are many ways to present this, ultimately is up to the writer, and their preferred style.
+
+Currently you may add a `&` as the first character in dialogue, this deletes quotation round the output text, denotes the descriptive nature of the displayed
+text, use `\"` escaped double quotes to indicate the start of actual dialogue.
+
 ### trial
 Optional, if not defined, `"NONE"` is used. Otherwise one of `"NONE"`, `"LIE"`, `"PERSUADE"`, `"INTIMIDATE"`, or `"CONDITION"`. If `"NONE"` is used, the `failure` object is not read, otherwise it's mandatory.