Hal's "obsessive dislike" of deLint — checks him for a z-coordinate

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texture · 9 Nov YDAU

When: 9 Nov YDAU, dawn drills
What: A characterizing psychological beat: "Hal Incandenza has an almost obsessive dislike for deLint, whom he tells Mario he sometimes cannot quite believe is even real, and tries to get to the side of, to see whether deLint has a true z coordinate or is just a cutout or projection." Shows Hal's derealizing, over-analytic cast of mind and (again) his habit of confiding to Mario.