Hal's "secret drug problem" named; the Kodiak nicotine habit

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pivotal · 8 Nov YDAU, evening

When: 8 Nov YDAU, I-Day gala, dining hall (watching Mario's film)
What: The narrator states outright that Hal is "genetically hard-wired for a secret drug problem" and also carries "severe compulsion-issues around nicotine and sugar." He is explicitly the "Hope-smoker" (marijuana). Nicotine he mollifies by dipping Kodiak Wintergreen Smokeless Tobacco several times daily, spitting into a cherished childhood NASA glass or an empty Spiru-Tein can that others give a wide berth. The clearest single naming of Hal's concealed addiction that anchors his whole arc.