Which excerpt from infinite jest best supports the inference that hal is extremely intelligent?

a. ‘my application’s not bought,’ i am telling them, calling into the darkness of the red cave that opens out before closed eyes.

b. i believe the influence of kierkegaard on camus is underestimated. i believe dennis gabor may very well have been the antichrist. i believe hobbes is just rousseau in a dark mirror.

c. ‘i am not just a boy who plays tennis. i have an intricate history. experiences and feelings. i’m complex.

d. my forehead is pressed into parquet i never knew could be so cold. i am arrested. i try to be perceived as limp and pliable. my face is mashed flat; comp.’s weight makes it hard to breathe.