Mario tells Hal he seems sad; Hal confesses his secret drug use to Mario

pivotal · 11-12 Nov YDAU, near dawn

• When: 11-12 Nov YDAU, near sunrise (continuation of the 155 night).
• What: Mario says he's sorry if Hal is sad and that Hal seems sad; in response Hal confesses that he smokes high-resin Bob Hope in secret in the Pump Room, that only Pemulis knows the full extent, and lays out the whole urine-test / thirty-day predicament and his terror that exposure would "kill the Moms." Hal insists Mario is allowed to be hurt ("Be a fucking human being for once, Boo"); Mario says he is "zero percent" hurt and doesn't want Hal to be sad.