"I can do that." He said, sounding just a little distant, but something to focus on, something to do would help get him out of his head, even if it was only for a few minutes, "You were about to go do something, I think?"

She'd certainly been moving with a purpose when he'd asked the question that had yanked the metaphorical rug right out from under him, but that was one of the things he wasn't letting himself think about just yet, mostly just hoping that those whirling thought processes had settled a little bit by the time he got back to them.