const bool gestured = msg.find("Gesture") != std::string::npos
                       || msg.find(" gesture") != std::string::npos
                       || msg.find("Point") != std::string::npos
                       || msg.find(" point") != std::string::npos;

    // Monsters should only use targeted spells while foe == MHITNOT
    // if they're targeting themselves.
    else if (monster->foe == MHITNOT && !monster->confused())
        target = "NONEXISTANT FOE";
    else if (!invalid_monster_index(monster->foe)
             && menv[monster->foe].type == -1)
    {
        target = "DEAD FOE";
    }

        const bool gestured = msg.find("Gesture") != std::string::npos
                           || msg.find(" gesture") != std::string::npos
                           || msg.find("Point") != std::string::npos
                           || msg.find(" point") != std::string::npos;

        // If the monster gestures to create an invisible beam then
        // assume that anything close to the beam is the intended target.
        // Also, if the monster gestures to create a visible beam but it
        // misses still say that the monster gestured "at" the target,
        // rather than "past".
        if (gestured || target == "nothing")
            targ_prep = "at";

    const actor*    foe   = monster->get_foe();
    const monsters* m_foe = (foe && foe->atype() == ACT_MONSTER) ?
                            dynamic_cast<const monsters*>(foe) : NULL;
    // If we still can't find what appears to be the target, and the
    // monster isn't just throwing the spell in a random direction,
    // we should be able to tell what the monster was aiming for if
    // we can see the monster's foe and the beam (or the beam path
    // implied by gesturing).  But only if the beam didn't actually hit
    // anything (but if it did hit something, why didn't that monster
    // show up in the beam's path?)
    if (targeted && target == "nothing" && foe != NULL
        && (tracer.foe_info.count + tracer.friend_info.count) == 0
        && (you.can_see(foe) || foe == &you) && !monster->confused()
        && (visible_beam || gestured))
    {
        if (foe == &you)
            target = "you";
        else
            target = m_foe->name(DESC_NOCAP_THE);
        if (pbolt.aimed_at_spot)
            targ_prep = "next to";
        else
            targ_prep = "past";
    }

    // If the monster gestures to create an invisible beam then
    // assume that anything close to the beam is the intended target.
    // Also, if the monster gestures to create a visible beam but it
    // misses still say that the monster gestured "at" the target,
    // rather than "past".
    if (gestured || target == "nothing")
        targ_prep = "at";