[Norman nods a little, getting up to pull a small cooler from beneath the bed and take out bottles of iced tea as he responds]

Honestly, it's probably good. She knew about it in their universe, supported it. And he was using it to help her get support for the shelter ... it might help him feel connected to May.

[he holds a bottle out to Otto: whole, full, safe, and nothing like the broken one they'd left behind in the Cube that day]

Maybe we should figure out a way to support him the way she did. ... I'm sorry, the store down the street doesn't stock salt water.

[did he just wink at Otto? maybe. he had been right on the other side of the broken wall from that exchange, after all.]