// Otherwise it can move away with no feedback.
            if (you.can_see(monster))
                seen_monster(monster);

        return;

    // noisy() returns true if the player heard the noise.
    if (noisy(noise, monster->pos()) || !unseen)

    else if (noisy(noise, monster->pos()) || !unseen)
    {
        // noisy() returns true if the player heard the noise.

    }

bool mons_speaks(const monsters *monster);
void mons_speaks_msg(const monsters *monster, const std::string &msg,

bool mons_speaks(monsters *monster);
bool mons_speaks_msg(monsters *monster, const std::string &msg,

bool mons_speaks(const monsters *monster)

bool mons_speaks(monsters *monster)

{
    std::string prefix = "";
    const int size = prefixes.size();
    for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)

        prefix += prefixes[i];
        prefix += " ";

        std::string prefix;
        const int size = prefixes.size();
        for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
        {
            prefix += prefixes[i];
            prefix += " ";
        }
        mprf(MSGCH_DIAGNOSTICS, "monster speech lookup for %s: prefix = %s",
             monster->name(DESC_PLAIN).c_str(), prefix.c_str());

    mprf(MSGCH_DIAGNOSTICS, "monster speech lookup for %s: prefix = %s",
         monster->name(DESC_PLAIN).c_str(), prefix.c_str());
}

    mons_speaks_msg(monster, msg, MSGCH_TALK, silence);
    return (true);

    return (mons_speaks_msg(monster, msg, MSGCH_TALK, silence));

void mons_speaks_msg(const monsters *monster, const std::string &msg,

bool mons_speaks_msg(monsters *monster, const std::string &msg,

        return;

        return (false);

    mon_acting mact(const_cast<monsters*>(monster));

    mon_acting mact(monster);

    std::string _msg = do_mon_str_replacements(msg, monster);

    const std::string _msg = do_mon_str_replacements(msg, monster);
    const std::vector<std::string> lines = split_string("\n", _msg);

    std::vector<std::string> lines = split_string("\n", _msg);

    bool noticed = false;       // Any messages actually printed?

        const bool old_noticed = noticed;
        noticed = true;         // Only one case is different.

            ;                   // do nothing

            noticed = old_noticed;

        {
            if (you.can_see(monster))
                seen_monster(monster);

        }

    return (noticed);