texture · Weston childhood, before Hal tested "Beyond Eidetic"
- When: Weston period, "months before Hal tested out."
- What: It was Mario, not Avril, who got Hal his first unabridged O.E.D., pulling the volumes home in a wagon "by his bicuspids" over Weston's fake-rural blacktop while Hal was "still being shunted around for the assessment of possible damage."