>I have hotkeys for mine with [brackets and all].

You cannot type [ or ] in any conversation in the game.
There are obvious reasons for this. One of which you mention,
pretending to be a quest giver (NPC). You have to resort to
parents: ( or )

Harmonic Distortion, 38th unchained melody.
League of Antonican Bards, The Wind Spirit's Song
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