Many of your questions, like this one here, this one about Arcane Hand, this one about line of sight, or this one about gaze attacks share that they are looking for an exact clarification of specific rules mechanic interactions, where these mechanics are unintuitive and lead to a different outcome than what youone would expect.
It may be that your route to enjoyment is justto have such a deep, technical reading of the game rules specific to the matter at hand, and that is entirely valid. If so, the "correct" answer for you is your option 2.