"Everything is okay," he said, after a moment. Though that wasn't exactly what he was expecting to be asked after running into a woman. But Madison Valley was a strange town, he was learning that. So that meant that strange things would happen from time to time.
"Sorry," he offered, after realizing he hadn't apologized for something that was clearly his fault. "I wasn't paying attention." There he was, stating the obvious.
"I'm just trying to pick up a few things for the house."