Maybe Daphne's backstory day to day would have neen more interesting

[jody2.718]

I suppose, but Hicks wonders about his change- becomes perhaps guilty about what he used to do, maybe even had killed some people. What came over him that caused him to be more sensitive or concerned?

On Thursday, January 1st, 2026 at 3:44 PM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> Don't just about all of Pynchon's sympathetic, identifiable -with characters have a conscience? esp the detectives?
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> On Thu, Jan 1, 2026 at 9:14 AM jody2.718 via Pynchon-l <pynchon-l at waste.org> wrote:
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>> Not that far yet, but Hicks does develop a conscience- for some reason, besides being concerned about his weight...
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