@verb #1492:"control" this none none rxd #60
@program #1492:"control" this none none
if (this.controlled == player)
  player:tell("You are already controlling ", this:title(), ".")
  return
endif
from = valid(this.controlled) ? " from " + this.controlled:title() + "." | "."
if (this.location != player)
  this.location:announce_all_but({player}, $string_utils:pronoun_sub("%N takes the controls of %t"), from)
endif
player:tell("You take the controls of ", this:title(), from)
this.controlled = player
.