Hey. [He knows that tone in her longer pauses, and he tries to encourage just a little bit of 'chin up' with the sudden gentleness in his voice]

Everything's going to be okay now.

[...which meant an abrupt subject change straight out of that softer tenderness, to cheer her right up.]

I got a watermelon today, from the grocery. It's perfect! We should share it instead of ice cream today.