code: def replies(self):
          
          if self._replies is None or not self._has_fetched_replies:
              response = self.reddit_session.request_json(self._fast_permalink)
              if response[1]['data']['children']:
                  # pylint: disable=W0212
                  self._replies = response[1]['data']['children'][0]._replies
              else:
                  # comment is "specially deleted", a reddit inconsistency;
                  # see #519, #524, #535, #537, and #552 it needs to be
                  # retreived via /api/info, but that's okay since these
                  # specially deleted comments always have the same json
                  # structure.
                  msg = ("Comment {0} was deleted or removed, and had "
                         "no replies when such happened, so it still "
                         "has no replies".format(self.name))
                  warn(msg, RuntimeWarning)
                  self._replies = []
              # pylint: enable=W0212
              self._has_fetched_replies = True
              # Set the submission object if it is not set.
              if not self._submission:
                  self._submission = response[0]['data']['children'][0]
          return self._replies
docs: Return a list of the comment replies to this comment.
  
          If the comment is not from a submission, :meth:`replies` will
          always be an empty list unless you call :meth:`refresh()
          before calling :meth:`replies` due to a limitation in
          reddit's API.