Gmail Trigger Limitations: Automating Follow-Up Emails Strategy

I have a strange situation: if my Gmail email received trigger is set with 'Follow-up email behavior' as 'Create new task', then I can't use the 'Send Reply' action, as it doesn't appear in the pop-up. I aim to process every new email similarly, meaning that even if it is a reply to an existing thread, I don't want my flow to wait on the thread, listening passively and then resuming execution from an uncertain point. I always want every new email processed from the top of my flow. How can I handle this?