Story so far
An older worker beginning his second shift, Hal approached Troy in the cafeteria and suggested the lounge offered a farther view. He later distinguished those watching the outside screen to remember from people like himself who avoided it to forget, saying that bad memories slipped away while unimportant ones remained.
Security subsequently restrained him on a gurney while he insisted his name was Carlton. An injection of blue liquid rendered him unconscious, and he was prepared for a cryopod with an intravenous needle. Troy associated him with the possibility that the pills could stop working; Donald later cited him as another person who remembered and still recalls his shouted assertion of identity.
Appearance
Hal is an older, thin man with wispy, thinning white hair and a bald, splotchy scalp. He wears blue overalls.
Role
A remembered example of personal identity resurfacing despite the medication.
Sources — 17 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 90
- An older man who approaches Troy in the cafeteria is thin and has wispy white hair.
- The older man in the cafeteria says he is beginning his second shift.
- The older man suggests that Troy can see farther from the lounge.
Chapter 94
- Hal is an older man with thinning hair who wears blue overalls.
- Hal checks on Troy during a cafeteria meal.
- Hal suspects that people who watch the outside screen are trying to remember something.
- Hal says that he and others who avoid looking at the screen are trying to forget.
- Hal says that bad memories slip away while unimportant memories remain.
Chapter 104
- Hal has a bald, splotchy scalp.
- Hal is among the few workers who sit facing away from the outside view.
Chapter 106
- Hal is restrained by Security while struggling on a gurney.
- Hal insists that his name is Carlton.
- Hal is rendered unconscious by an injection of blue liquid.
- Hal is prepared for a cryopod with an intravenous needle.
Chapter 110
- Troy associates Hal, also called Carlton, with the possibility that the pills may stop working.
Chapter 118
- Donald cites Hal, also called Carlton, as someone else who remembered.
Chapter 152
- Donald recalls Hal screaming an assertion of his identity.