Mario asks Avril how to tell whether someone is sad — intuiting Hal

pivotal · 11 Nov YDAU ~2100h

• When: 11 Nov YDAU, ~2100h, in Avril's office.
• What: In Avril's office Mario turns off the Bolex and asks how you can be sure someone is sad even when they don't weep or seem "not themselves" — pressing the case of someone who seems "even more themselves than normal." Avril expounds on sadness "as a kind of disassociation from itself," suppression, and persons "born imprisoned," and repeatedly fishes whether this is about Hal or about Mario himself; Mario keeps the subject general.