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Chapter Looking through

Looking at it through is an action applying to one visible thing and one carried thing.

Understand "look at [something] thru/with/using [something]" as looking at it through.

Understand "examine [something] thru/with/using [something]" as looking at it through.

Understand "read [something] thru/with/using [something]" as looking at it through.

Looking through is an action applying to one thing.

After reading a command:

if the player's command includes "through":

replace the matched text with "thru".

[otherwise I would have to do understand "look" as something new and then redefine all the related commadns... no thanks.]

Understand "look thru [something]" as looking through.

Check looking through (this is the block looking through rule):

say "You can't see through [the noun]." instead.

Instead of looking at something through something:

try looking through the second noun.

Table of analyzing actions (continued)

This is the test looking through rule:

say test announcement for "looking through [the noun]";

try the test-actor trying looking through the noun.

This is the test looking at through rule:

let through-target be a random visible thing that is not the noun in the location of the test-actor;

say test announcement for "looking at [the through-target] through [the noun]";

try the test-actor trying looking at the through-target through the noun;

say test announcement for "looking at [the noun] through [the through-target]";

try the test-actor trying looking at the noun through the through-target;