Responds to the message (not as a reply). Shorthand for
        `telethon.client.messages.MessageMethods.send_message`
        with ``entity`` already set.

async def respond(self, *args, **kwargs):
        """
        Responds to the message (not as a reply). Shorthand for
        `telethon.client.messages.MessageMethods.send_message`
        with ``entity`` already set.
        """
        return await self._client.send_message(
            await self.get_input_chat(), *args, **kwargs)