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Chapter of Painting Your Room

Doodling is an action applying to one topic.

Understand "paint [text]" or "color [text]" or "colour [text]" or "change color/colour of [text]" as doodling.

Carry out doodling:

say "You can't do that, sorry."

Coloring is an action applying to one visible thing and one colour.

Understand "paint [something] [colour]" or "color [something] [colour]" or "colour [something] [colour]" or "change the/-- color/colour of [something] to [colour]" as coloring.

Carry out coloring:

say "You can't paint [the noun] [the colour understood]."

Painting is an action applying to one visible thing.

Understand "paint [something]" or "color [something]" or "colour [something]" or "change the/-- color/colour of [something]" as painting.

Carry out painting:

say "You see no reason to paint [the noun]."

Instead of painting:

if the player is in the other Coraline's Room:

if the noun is the indoor surroundings:

say "You shouldn't do that because you have more important things to do.";

otherwise:

continue the action;

otherwise:

continue the action.