Me and a friend are making a text adventure game, but when we ge to the Pay or Steal part, it doesnt show up. Any ideas?

Question

while True:
 if merchant == "axe":
   p_or_s = input(f\'Good choice! That will be 50 gold.\\n[Pay]\\n[Steal]\\n\').lower()
   break
  if p_or_s == "pa