A former game guide and tactical broadcaster who covertly explains the logic of Carl's converging enemies and warns that every mantis must die.
Uptown Hal is a thin orange Slate who served more than two hundred seasons as a game guide and occasional manager before former crawlers filled that role. He now hosts the popular program Uptown Hal Talks Tactics.
Before the panel starts, he and Drick reason that summoning hunters to Alucarda gives Carl better odds than facing Lucia alone. During the crowd-sourced discussion, Hal evaluates suggestions and tells Carl that mantids are exceptional tacticians; if Carl survives, he must kill all of them.
A naked, gum-thin orange alien with enormous wide-set eyes and tiny legs.
Hal supplies professional tactical interpretation and a blunt survival condition.