# How to talk to a bot
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Step 1: Selecting the bot to be spoken to In Ryzom, you are in contact with nature and the events surrounding you. One means of regularly finding out about events that happen in the game is by speaking to friendly non playing characters (bots).
Move the cursor over the bot: the pointer of the mouse changes shape, a green bar followed by her/his name and function in white appear. Click if you wish to speak to her/him, the name and the function show up in green. To show all the names of non playing characters press the letter O (do likewise to make them disappear).
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