The Gately's-head analysis — house wit, "near-alumnus"

texture · STANDING (parent scene ?/9 Nov)

• When: STANDING (an attributed standing piece of resident analysis); the endnote rides the ?/9 Nov 1800h scene of Gately's errand-driving.
• What: The narration's riff on Gately's massive square head — hair like a carpet remnant tossed on the head and left to slide slightly back but stay — carries an endnote crediting the whole analysis to Foss: "Ennet House near-alumnus Chandler Foss's analysis, which you can bet was developed outside Gately's earshot." Two data ride the joke: Foss is the House's credited behind-the-back wit, and by ~9 Nov he is already a "near-alumnus" — senior enough that his residency is visibly close to complete.