Referencing nodes that hold only primitive values about gun HOT 2 OPEN

var Gun = require("gun")
var gun = Gun();

async function getData() {
    return new Promise((res) => {
        var chain = gun.get("test").get("hello").on((data) => {
            if (data) {
                chain.off();
                res(data)
            }
        })
    })
}

async function putData(data) {
    gun.get("test").get("hello").put(data)
    return await getData()
}

async function run() {
    var data = await putData("world");
    console.log(data)
}

run();

gun.get("foo").get("name").on(name => console.log("name is: ", name)); // never runs

const thing = gun.get("thing").get("element").put("alice");
gun.get("foo").get("name").put(thing);