[It's bolstering that Norman is in a good enough mood to offer snacks and use emojis... or it's a sign that he's really, really pushing down how bad he feels. Fiddleford is no stranger to doing the same thing because it seems easier than facing the ache head-on. Iced tea in the summer heat will help either way, right? It can't hurt.
When Norman arrives it's to a snake waving at him from the side of the house on the path that leads around to the garden.]
Come on around.
[True to his word the garden plots between the house and the private lake are explosions of corn and pumpkins. Not just big pumpkins, but little decorative ones too, ones left over from the natural decorations Elsa grew for his wedding that he let go to seed because seeing them reminds him of how kind that gesture was.]
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[It's bolstering that Norman is in a good enough mood to offer snacks and use emojis... or it's a sign that he's really, really pushing down how bad he feels. Fiddleford is no stranger to doing the same thing because it seems easier than facing the ache head-on. Iced tea in the summer heat will help either way, right? It can't hurt.
When Norman arrives it's to a snake waving at him from the side of the house on the path that leads around to the garden.]
Come on around.
[True to his word the garden plots between the house and the private lake are explosions of corn and pumpkins. Not just big pumpkins, but little decorative ones too, ones left over from the natural decorations Elsa grew for his wedding that he let go to seed because seeing them reminds him of how kind that gesture was.]