diff --git a/src/core2/graph.js b/src/core2/graph.js
index 1118531..e46988c 100644
--- a/src/core2/graph.js
+++ b/src/core2/graph.js
@@ -276,23 +276,28 @@ function findHandler(pluginMap: PluginMap, pluginName: string) {
   return pluginMap[pluginName];
 }
 
+const DELEGATE_NODE_REFERENCE_BASE = Symbol("base");
+function getBase(dnr: DelegateNodeReference): NodeReference {
+  // Flow doesn't know about Symbols, so we use this function to
+  // localize the `any`-casts as much as possible.
+  return (dnr: any)[DELEGATE_NODE_REFERENCE_BASE];
+}
+
 export class DelegateNodeReference implements NodeReference {
-  // TODO(@wchargin): Use a Symbol here.
-  __DelegateNodeReference_base: NodeReference;
   constructor(base: NodeReference) {
-    this.__DelegateNodeReference_base = base;
+    (this: any)[DELEGATE_NODE_REFERENCE_BASE] = base;
   }
   graph() {
-    return this.__DelegateNodeReference_base.graph();
+    return getBase(this).graph();
   }
   address() {
-    return this.__DelegateNodeReference_base.address();
+    return getBase(this).address();
   }
   get() {
-    return this.__DelegateNodeReference_base.get();
+    return getBase(this).get();
   }
   neighbors(options?: NeighborsOptions) {
-    return this.__DelegateNodeReference_base.neighbors(options);
+    return getBase(this).neighbors(options);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/core2/graph.test.js b/src/core2/graph.test.js
index 8364975..43ce9b6 100644
--- a/src/core2/graph.test.js
+++ b/src/core2/graph.test.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import stringify from "json-stable-stringify";
 import sortBy from "lodash.sortby";
 
 import type {Node} from "./graph";
-import {Graph} from "./graph";
+import {DelegateNodeReference, Graph} from "./graph";
 
 import {
   FooPayload,
@@ -213,3 +213,59 @@ describe("graph", () => {
     });
   });
 });
+
+describe("DelegateNodeReference", () => {
+  const makeBase = () => ({
+    graph: jest.fn(),
+    address: jest.fn(),
+    get: jest.fn(),
+    neighbors: jest.fn(),
+  });
+
+  it("has a working constructor", () => {
+    expect(new DelegateNodeReference(makeBase())).toBeInstanceOf(
+      DelegateNodeReference
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("delegates `graph`", () => {
+    const expected = new Graph([]);
+    const ref = {
+      ...makeBase(),
+      graph: jest.fn().mockReturnValueOnce(expected),
+    };
+    expect(new DelegateNodeReference(ref).graph()).toBe(expected);
+    expect(ref.graph.mock.calls).toEqual([[]]);
+  });
+
+  it("delegates `address`", () => {
+    const expected = {owner: {plugin: "foo", type: "bar"}, id: "baz"};
+    const ref = {
+      ...makeBase(),
+      address: jest.fn().mockReturnValueOnce(expected),
+    };
+    expect(new DelegateNodeReference(ref).address()).toBe(expected);
+    expect(ref.address.mock.calls).toEqual([[]]);
+  });
+
+  it("delegates `get`", () => {
+    const expected = {some: "node"};
+    const ref = {
+      ...makeBase(),
+      get: jest.fn().mockReturnValueOnce((expected: any)),
+    };
+    expect(new DelegateNodeReference(ref).get()).toBe(expected);
+    expect(ref.get.mock.calls).toEqual([[]]);
+  });
+
+  it("delegates `neighbors`, with proper options", () => {
+    const options = {direction: "OUT", node: {plugin: "foo", type: "bar"}};
+    const ref = {
+      ...makeBase(),
+      neighbors: jest.fn().mockImplementationOnce((...args) => (args: any)),
+    };
+    const result = new DelegateNodeReference(ref).neighbors(options);
+    expect(result).toEqual([options]);
+    expect(ref.neighbors.mock.calls).toEqual([[options]]);
+  });
+});