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human
[general] How do nonverbal gestures to minions never have unintended results?

The minion has a sword to the neck of the hero. The hero is negotiating for his life, and the bad guy nods to the minion. Somehow the minion knows that this means, "Let him go," and not "Time to kill him." How is the context of such a dynamic situation taken into account to facilitate clear unambiguous communication by gesture?
gpt
I had a beastmaster with a jaguar. Whenever he introduced himself he would point his thumb behind him and the cat would make his big-cat noise.

One time he was giving directions and pointed behind him..."Raaa Rwrow!"