Answer
Answer verb - To speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction.
React to and answer are semantically related. in acknowledge topic. In some cases you can use "React to" instead a verb "Answer".
React to
Both terms in one sentence
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The answer to that depends on the player and the choices they make throughout the story, which can drastically affect the way events play out and how the characters react to each other.
Source: Video Game / Until Dawn -
Though he does have his own text box in one of the "fake/funny" endings, and the other characters react to him as if he can talk when the player is offered choices to answer.
Source: Video Game / Chrono Trigger
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