Why the second floor lunch room encounter could not have happened

[Ray Mitcham]

His slow down is perfectly timed to the woman's approach. It occurs perfectly in synch with Lovelady's passing Shelley.

I can see a perceptible turn towards her in anticipation just as she approaches and return to forward walking right in perfect synch with the realization she isn't stopping.

It's why he slows down and Lovelady moves ahead because he was looking at her seeing if he could talk to her.

I can see a pull-up of the head and turn of his head towards her plain as day.

My interpretation is "Find out what happened from her". "She's not stopping". "Well, we're going there anyway".

Albert, whatever you are smoking, I'll take a fricking pound of it, as it must be some GOOD stuff.

Albert suffers from a strange malady which makes him see things that other people don't. Things which aren't there.