Take your time. Have your dinner, settle in, relax, process, all that terrible and insufferable nonsense that must be done when something happens that you don't expect.

[His tone is light but also sympathetic, airy in a way that doesn't carry expectation but not so much that it's dismissive.]

I'm not going anywhere, I can wait. I'll bring over a bottle of wine, let Allison know that I expect her to enjoy at least one glass with us.