diff --git a/game/misc.go b/game/misc.go
index f9ad13f..75a01df 100644
--- a/game/misc.go
+++ b/game/misc.go
@@ -4,11 +4,23 @@ package game
 // and small utilities. call_it arrives with the scroll/potion phase (it
 // needs the get_str line editor).
 
+// lookScan carries the state of one look() glance while it examines the
+// nine squares around the hero.
+type lookScan struct {
+	hero              Coord
+	pch               byte       // map character under the hero
+	pfl               PlaceFlags // map flags under the hero
+	wakeup            bool
+	doorStop          bool // door-stop checking applies (mid-run)
+	sy, sx, ey, ex    int
+	sumhero, diffhero int
+	passcount         int
+}
+
 // look takes a quick glance all around the player (misc.c look).
 func (g *RogueGame) look(wakeup bool) {
 	p := &g.Player
 	hero := p.Pos
-	passcount := 0
 	rp := p.Room
 
 	if g.Oldpos != hero {
@@ -17,151 +29,28 @@ func (g *RogueGame) look(wakeup bool) {
 		g.Oldrp = rp
 	}
 
-	ey := hero.Y + 1
-	ex := hero.X + 1
-	sx := hero.X - 1
-	sy := hero.Y - 1
+	s := lookScan{
+		hero:   hero,
+		wakeup: wakeup,
+		sy:     hero.Y - 1,
+		sx:     hero.X - 1,
+		ey:     hero.Y + 1,
+		ex:     hero.X + 1,
+	}
 
-	sumhero, diffhero := 0, 0
-	if g.DoorStop && !g.Firstmove && g.Running {
-		sumhero = hero.Y + hero.X
-		diffhero = hero.Y - hero.X
+	s.doorStop = g.DoorStop && !g.Firstmove
+	if s.doorStop && g.Running {
+		s.sumhero = hero.Y + hero.X
+		s.diffhero = hero.Y - hero.X
 	}
 
 	pp := g.Level.At(hero.Y, hero.X)
-	pch := pp.Ch
-	pfl := pp.Flags
+	s.pch = pp.Ch
+	s.pfl = pp.Flags
 
-	for y := sy; y <= ey; y++ {
-		if y <= 0 || y >= NumLines-1 {
-			continue
-		}
+	g.lookAround(&s)
 
-		for x := sx; x <= ex; x++ {
-			if x < 0 || x >= NumCols {
-				continue
-			}
-
-			if !p.On(Blind) {
-				if y == hero.Y && x == hero.X {
-					continue
-				}
-			}
-
-			pp := g.Level.At(y, x)
-
-			ch := pp.Ch
-			if ch == ' ' { // nothing need be done with a ' '
-				continue
-			}
-
-			fp := &pp.Flags
-			if pch != Door && ch != Door {
-				if (pfl & FPassage) != (*fp & FPassage) {
-					continue
-				}
-			}
-
-			if (fp.Has(FPassage) || ch == Door) && (pfl.Has(FPassage) || pch == Door) {
-				if hero.X != x && hero.Y != y &&
-					!stepOk(g.Level.Char(y, hero.X)) && !stepOk(g.Level.Char(hero.Y, x)) {
-					continue
-				}
-			}
-
-			tp := pp.Monst
-
-			switch {
-			case tp == nil:
-				ch = g.tripCh(y, x, ch)
-			case p.On(SenseMonsters) && tp.On(Invisible):
-				if g.DoorStop && !g.Firstmove {
-					g.Running = false
-				}
-
-				continue
-			default:
-				if wakeup {
-					g.wakeMonster(y, x)
-				}
-
-				if g.seeMonst(tp) {
-					if p.On(Hallucinating) {
-						ch = g.randomMonsterLetter()
-					} else {
-						ch = tp.Disguise
-					}
-				}
-			}
-
-			if p.On(Blind) && (y != hero.Y || x != hero.X) {
-				continue
-			}
-
-			g.move(y, x)
-
-			if p.Room.Flags.Has(Dark) && !g.Options.SeeFloor && ch == Floor {
-				ch = ' '
-			}
-
-			if tp != nil || ch != g.inch() {
-				g.addch(ch)
-			}
-
-			if g.DoorStop && !g.Firstmove && g.Running {
-				switch g.RunCh {
-				case 'h':
-					if x == ex {
-						continue
-					}
-				case 'j':
-					if y == sy {
-						continue
-					}
-				case 'k':
-					if y == ey {
-						continue
-					}
-				case 'l':
-					if x == sx {
-						continue
-					}
-				case 'y':
-					if (y+x)-sumhero >= 1 {
-						continue
-					}
-				case 'u':
-					if (y-x)-diffhero >= 1 {
-						continue
-					}
-				case 'n':
-					if (y+x)-sumhero <= -1 {
-						continue
-					}
-				case 'b':
-					if (y-x)-diffhero <= -1 {
-						continue
-					}
-				}
-
-				switch ch {
-				case Door:
-					if x == hero.X || y == hero.Y {
-						g.Running = false
-					}
-				case Passage:
-					if x == hero.X || y == hero.Y {
-						passcount++
-					}
-				case Floor, '|', '-', ' ':
-				default:
-					g.Running = false
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	if g.DoorStop && !g.Firstmove && passcount > 1 {
+	if s.doorStop && s.passcount > 1 {
 		g.Running = false
 	}
 
@@ -170,6 +59,192 @@ func (g *RogueGame) look(wakeup bool) {
 	}
 }
 
+// lookAround runs the nine-square scan of look().
+func (g *RogueGame) lookAround(s *lookScan) {
+	for y := s.sy; y <= s.ey; y++ {
+		if y <= 0 || y >= NumLines-1 {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		for x := s.sx; x <= s.ex; x++ {
+			if x < 0 || x >= NumCols {
+				continue
+			}
+
+			g.lookCell(s, y, x)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// lookCell examines one square around the hero: visibility rules, trip
+// and monster rendering, drawing, and run-stop checks (the loop body of
+// misc.c look).
+func (g *RogueGame) lookCell(s *lookScan, y, x int) {
+	pp := g.Level.At(y, x)
+	if g.lookSkips(s, pp, y, x) {
+		return
+	}
+
+	tp := pp.Monst
+
+	ch, skip := g.lookCellChar(s, tp, y, x, pp.Ch)
+	if skip {
+		return
+	}
+
+	if !g.lookShow(s, tp, ch, y, x) {
+		return
+	}
+
+	if s.doorStop && g.Running {
+		g.lookRunCheck(s, ch, y, x)
+	}
+}
+
+// lookSkips reports whether look ignores this square entirely: the
+// hero's own square when sighted, blank rock, passage squares of
+// another network, and diagonals the hero could not step to (the guard
+// chain of the misc.c look loop).
+func (g *RogueGame) lookSkips(s *lookScan, pp *Place, y, x int) bool {
+	if !g.Player.On(Blind) && y == s.hero.Y && x == s.hero.X {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	if pp.Ch == ' ' { // nothing need be done with a ' '
+		return true
+	}
+
+	return lookForeignPassage(s, pp.Flags, pp.Ch) ||
+		g.lookDiagonalBlocked(s, pp.Flags, pp.Ch, y, x)
+}
+
+// lookForeignPassage hides passage squares belonging to a different
+// passage network than the hero's (misc.c look).
+func lookForeignPassage(s *lookScan, fp PlaceFlags, ch byte) bool {
+	if s.pch != Door && ch != Door {
+		return (s.pfl & FPassage) != (fp & FPassage)
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
+
+// lookDiagonalBlocked hides diagonal door/passage squares the hero could
+// not actually step to (misc.c look).
+func (g *RogueGame) lookDiagonalBlocked(s *lookScan, fp PlaceFlags, ch byte, y, x int) bool {
+	if !fp.Has(FPassage) && ch != Door {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	if !s.pfl.Has(FPassage) && s.pch != Door {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return s.hero.X != x && s.hero.Y != y &&
+		!stepOk(g.Level.Char(y, s.hero.X)) && !stepOk(g.Level.Char(s.hero.Y, x))
+}
+
+// lookShow draws the square if it changed; it reports false when a
+// blind hero cannot see it at all (the draw part of the look loop).
+func (g *RogueGame) lookShow(s *lookScan, tp *Monster, ch byte, y, x int) bool {
+	p := &g.Player
+	if p.On(Blind) && (y != s.hero.Y || x != s.hero.X) {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	g.move(y, x)
+
+	if p.Room.Flags.Has(Dark) && !g.Options.SeeFloor && ch == Floor {
+		ch = ' '
+	}
+
+	if tp != nil || ch != g.inch() {
+		g.addch(ch)
+	}
+
+	return true
+}
+
+// lookCellChar picks what the square shows: trip rendering for empty
+// squares, waking and disguises for monsters. skip means the square is
+// not drawn at all (the monster switch of the look loop).
+func (g *RogueGame) lookCellChar(s *lookScan, tp *Monster, y, x int, ch byte) (byte, bool) {
+	p := &g.Player
+
+	switch {
+	case tp == nil:
+		return g.tripCh(y, x, ch), false
+	case p.On(SenseMonsters) && tp.On(Invisible):
+		if g.DoorStop && !g.Firstmove {
+			g.Running = false
+		}
+
+		return ch, true
+	default:
+		if s.wakeup {
+			g.wakeMonster(y, x)
+		}
+
+		if g.seeMonst(tp) {
+			if p.On(Hallucinating) {
+				return g.randomMonsterLetter(), false
+			}
+
+			return tp.Disguise, false
+		}
+
+		return ch, false
+	}
+}
+
+// lookRunCheck decides whether what this square shows should stop a run
+// (the DoorStop tail of the misc.c look loop). Squares on the running
+// edge are ignored.
+func (g *RogueGame) lookRunCheck(s *lookScan, ch byte, y, x int) {
+	if s.atRunEdge(g.RunCh, y, x) {
+		return
+	}
+
+	switch ch {
+	case Door:
+		if x == s.hero.X || y == s.hero.Y {
+			g.Running = false
+		}
+	case Passage:
+		if x == s.hero.X || y == s.hero.Y {
+			s.passcount++
+		}
+	case Floor, '|', '-', ' ':
+	default:
+		g.Running = false
+	}
+}
+
+// atRunEdge reports whether (y, x) sits on the leading edge of the run
+// direction, where door-stop checking does not apply (the first RunCh
+// switch of the misc.c look loop).
+func (s *lookScan) atRunEdge(runCh byte, y, x int) bool {
+	switch runCh {
+	case 'h':
+		return x == s.ex
+	case 'j':
+		return y == s.sy
+	case 'k':
+		return y == s.ey
+	case 'l':
+		return x == s.sx
+	case 'y':
+		return (y+x)-s.sumhero >= 1
+	case 'u':
+		return (y-x)-s.diffhero >= 1
+	case 'n':
+		return (y+x)-s.sumhero <= -1
+	case 'b':
+		return (y-x)-s.diffhero <= -1
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
+
 // tripCh returns the character for this space, taking into account whether
 // or not the player is tripping (misc.c trip_ch).
 func (g *RogueGame) tripCh(y, x int, ch byte) byte {
@@ -409,40 +484,22 @@ func (g *RogueGame) promptDirection() bool {
 		}
 
 		for {
-			gotit := true
-
-			switch g.DirCh = g.readchar(); g.DirCh {
-			case 'h', 'H':
-				g.Delta = Coord{X: -1, Y: 0}
-			case 'j', 'J':
-				g.Delta = Coord{X: 0, Y: 1}
-			case 'k', 'K':
-				g.Delta = Coord{X: 0, Y: -1}
-			case 'l', 'L':
-				g.Delta = Coord{X: 1, Y: 0}
-			case 'y', 'Y':
-				g.Delta = Coord{X: -1, Y: -1}
-			case 'u', 'U':
-				g.Delta = Coord{X: 1, Y: -1}
-			case 'b', 'B':
-				g.Delta = Coord{X: -1, Y: 1}
-			case 'n', 'N':
-				g.Delta = Coord{X: 1, Y: 1}
-			case Escape:
+			g.DirCh = g.readchar()
+			if g.DirCh == Escape {
 				g.LastDir = 0
 				g.resetLast()
 
 				return false
-			default:
-				g.Msgs.Mpos = 0
-				g.msg("%s", prompt)
-
-				gotit = false
 			}
 
-			if gotit {
+			if d, ok := deltaFor(g.DirCh); ok {
+				g.Delta = d
+
 				break
 			}
+
+			g.Msgs.Mpos = 0
+			g.msg("%s", prompt)
 		}
 
 		g.DirCh = toLower(g.DirCh)
@@ -451,14 +508,7 @@ func (g *RogueGame) promptDirection() bool {
 	}
 
 	if g.Player.On(Confused) && g.rnd(5) == 0 {
-		for {
-			g.Delta.Y = g.rnd(3) - 1
-
-			g.Delta.X = g.rnd(3) - 1
-			if g.Delta.Y != 0 || g.Delta.X != 0 {
-				break
-			}
-		}
+		g.confuseDirection()
 	}
 
 	g.Msgs.Mpos = 0
@@ -466,6 +516,44 @@ func (g *RogueGame) promptDirection() bool {
 	return true
 }
 
+// confuseDirection randomizes the chosen direction for a confused hero
+// (the ISHUH tail of misc.c get_dir).
+func (g *RogueGame) confuseDirection() {
+	for {
+		g.Delta.Y = g.rnd(3) - 1
+
+		g.Delta.X = g.rnd(3) - 1
+		if g.Delta.Y != 0 || g.Delta.X != 0 {
+			return
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// deltaFor maps a direction key to its movement delta; ok is false for
+// keys that are not directions (the switch of misc.c get_dir).
+func deltaFor(ch byte) (Coord, bool) {
+	switch ch {
+	case 'h', 'H':
+		return Coord{X: -1, Y: 0}, true
+	case 'j', 'J':
+		return Coord{X: 0, Y: 1}, true
+	case 'k', 'K':
+		return Coord{X: 0, Y: -1}, true
+	case 'l', 'L':
+		return Coord{X: 1, Y: 0}, true
+	case 'y', 'Y':
+		return Coord{X: -1, Y: -1}, true
+	case 'u', 'U':
+		return Coord{X: 1, Y: -1}, true
+	case 'b', 'B':
+		return Coord{X: -1, Y: 1}, true
+	case 'n', 'N':
+		return Coord{X: 1, Y: 1}, true
+	}
+
+	return Coord{}, false
+}
+
 // callIt calls an object something after use (misc.c call_it).
 func (g *RogueGame) callIt(info *ObjInfo) {
 	if info.Know {