refactor: improve layout and styling consistency across components

charactergarden/app/src/truthEngine.ts

@@ -127,9 +127,20 @@ const verbHandlers: Record<string, VerbHandler> = {
         reason: `'${t.target.id}' cannot be taken`,
       };
     }
-    // Item must be in the same location as actor
+    
+    // Item must be in the same location as actor (unless already in inventory)
     const actorLocation = actor.attributes["location"];
     const itemLocation = t.target.attributes["location"];
+    const expectedInventory = `inventory:${actor.id}`;
+    
+    // If already in inventory, it's a no-op (already holding it)
+    if (itemLocation === expectedInventory) {
+      return {
+        ok: true,
+        changes: [],
+      };
+    }
+    
     if (actorLocation !== itemLocation) {
       return {
         ok: false,
@@ -139,7 +150,7 @@ const verbHandlers: Record<string, VerbHandler> = {
 
     return {
       ok: true,
-      changes: [attributeChange(t.target, "location", `inventory:${actor.id}`)],
+      changes: [attributeChange(t.target, "location", expectedInventory)],
     };
   },