Lyle's affection; Mario ferries him drinks and takes his referrals

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texture · YDAU present

When: YDAU present (ongoing); corroborated 8 Nov YDAU (082).
What: Mario is the object of Lyle the sweat-guru's cliquey affection, bringing him Caffeine-Free Diet Cokes "most evenings around suppertime" to cut the diet's salt; Lyle refers younger E.T.A.s to Mario on ticklish matters of injury, character, and "rallying-what-remains," though Mario "never much knows what to say" — and "gets a fair number of aesthetic-self-consciousness referrals from Lyle."