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“It’s Just a Model”

King Arthur approaches an object. He accesses a property.

proxy:name    ;; → "Arthur"

Looks normal. Patsy whispers: “It’s just a Proxy.”

“Shh!”

The property access passes through a get trap, logs the access, and returns the value. Arthur is none the wiser. The illusion is seamless.

“What a fine object.”

“It’s intercepting everything you do.”

“I said shh!”