Thanks for responding mammawlin! The problem being that this is exactly what I have been doing... to no avail!
No matter what I do, I get the response "nothing appears". I thought perhaps a certain character had to use it, but obviously not from what you are saying. That darn Genie must be busy elsewhere!
BLKCat Wondering
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...Events are cowards: they don't occur singly, but instead they run in packs and leap out at you all at once.
(Excerpt from "Neverwhere", by Neil Gaiman)