"Yeah," she said with a nod. "Nightmares, boo." She took a sip of her tea. "Hence the sitting." She tilted her head, trying to figure out how to ask if he was all right without getting all up in his business. She finally settled for, "Got something on your mind, too, huh?"
Okay, okay, lame question was lame. But still, reasonably decent and non-specific question.