[Distraction is, of course, indeed not the healthiest way to handle things, but it's also not the worst. In the short term, while the whole crisis is still happening, he's more than happy with using distraction if it means she's coming out of her previous state at least a little bit.

He hadn't exactly intended to go check the bakery immediately, but he nods at her words and the question; the gun he'd gotten from Marcos is hidden under the hem of his hoodie and he doesn't bother to show it, but he is armed.]

Yeah, I have one.

[And that established, might as well begin toward the exit of the bar, as he asks--]

About the music, what year was it for you? I wonder if anything specific that I could mention would mean anything to you.

[No point in naming songs or even necessarily genres if they won't mean anything, but he has some other options to choose from to talk about if not.]