Mario and Coyle watch *Accomplice!* during the blizzard; Mario's morning dressing ritual

texture · 20 Nov YDAU, morning

• When: 20 Nov YDAU, morning (blizzard).
• What: In their room, Mario and K. D. Coyle watch Himself's Accomplice! on the little viewer as snow whirls; Mario greets Hal by name and works his special zipping tool (it often takes several tries to engage the zipper). Hal helps him into his police-lock vest, affixing the Velcro tight, feeling Mario's heartbeat trembling through the vest — "Mario's chest is so fragile-feeling"; Mario falls backward onto his bed to wriggle into his backpack straps with practiced ease, and Hal pulls him upright by the hands.