What's awkward about the syntax? It's straightforward:
replyhttps://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/Florence/en/Pointe...
You need to dereference pointer to access the structure fields, for example.
replyNope, you don't need to. For example, all class references are pointers and they don't need to be dereferenced manually.
replyObject Pascal's pointer syntax is detailed in the links I gave you.