[The tea set does take him back and Edwin pauses, staring at it and Norton. He considers it, clearly weighing it up, then carefully moves to take a seat. He doesn't take the cup but the fact that there is one is... oddly comforting.]

I should apologise, it's been rather a long time since I've sat down for tea with anyone and I'm afraid I was more focused on the other matter. It was rude of me to simply walk in without knocking.

[He's glad at least to have shown some decorum in that moment, because the question Norton asks very quickly undoes that work. Edwin pulls back, looking rather scandalised by it.]

No I do not! I don't know what he's been saying, but I am not... [His lips thin into a tight line and he quickly recalls what Hanna had said. That it wasn't as much of a concern here.]

I... have only just started to... consider such things. But not with the Cat King, no matter what he might be suggesting.