if target of use then recover else replicate;

##recover:
set $second's owner to $init_obj;
set $second's creator to $init_obj;
say 'msg',"[$init_obj] repossessed [$second]";
relook $loc;

##replicate:
copy $target;
set $target's owner to $init_obj;
set $target's creator to$init_obj;
say 'msg',"[$actor] lowers [$target] in through the top, scans it, probes it, and studies it. the top of the machine rises up again, holding a duplicate [$target], along with the origional.";
relook $loc;