Character to NPC alignment issue (FIXED)

After successfully making a dialog with the character and an NPC, and when I click on a dialog option, my character turns away, says the dialog, and turns back. This happens every time. I tried adding an "align character" action under the "if this action part is selected", and it still did not work.
Thanks

Hm...have you set the directions of the taking animations correctly?

for some reason it made me set the direction of a mirrored animation. Whatever, fixed it. Thanks