How to detect when a specific dictionary's value in a table has changed?

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I have this ModuleScript that adds a dictionary to a main table and I use this to determine if a person is stunned or currently doing an action. However, I need to check if that specific dictionary changed so it could cancel that action midway through. I’ve tried firing a BindableEvent when the whole table changes, but checking the whole table if I only need to check a certain player’s dictionary seemed inefficient. I looked in the forum and saw something along the lines of using metatables, but I don’t know how to incorporate it into each dictionary that is added.

The script:

local RunService = game:GetService("RunService")
local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local Players = game:GetService("Players")

local status = {}
local statuslist = {}

local Clear = function(array,Status,Player)
	for i = #array, 1, -1 do
		if array[i][Status] ~= nil and array[i][Status] <= 0 then
			table.remove(array,i)
		end
	end
end

status.AddPlayer = function(Target)
	statuslist[Target.Name] = {}
end

status.RemovePlayer = function(Target)
	statuslist[Target.Name] = nil
end

status.Clear = function(Target)
	statuslist[Target.Name] = {}
end

status.Add = function(Target,Status,Value,Type)
	if statuslist[Target.Name] == nil then return end
	statuslist[Target.Name][#statuslist[Target.Name]+1] = {[Status] = Value}
	SendTable(Target,statuslist[Target.Name])
	local index = statuslist[Target.Name][#statuslist[Target.Name]]
	if type(Value) == "number" and Type ~= nil and Type == "Timer" then
	local connection;
	connection = RunService.Heartbeat:Connect(function(dt)
		if index[Status] == nil then
				Clear(statuslist[Target.Name],Status,Target)
			connection:Disconnect()
		elseif index[Status] <= 0 then 
				Clear(statuslist[Target.Name],Status,Target)
			connection:Disconnect()
		else
			index[Status] = index[Status] - dt
		end 
	end)	
	end
end


status.Remove = function(Status, Target)
	if type(Target) ~= "string" then
		Target = Target.Name
	end

	if statuslist[Target] == nil then return end
	
	for i = #statuslist[Target], 1, -1 do
		if statuslist[Target][i][Status] ~= nil then
			table.remove(statuslist[Target],i)
			return
		end
	end
end

status.Find = function(value,Target)
	
	if type(Target) ~= "string" then
		Target = Target.Name
	end
	
	local list = status.List()
	local array = list[Target]
	local found = false
	for i = #array, 1, -1 do
		if array[i][value] ~= nil then
			found = array[i][value]
			return found
		end
	end
	return found
end


return status

What could I incorporate so I can find if a specific Player’s dictionary on the statuslist gets changed on another script?

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