1.   His slightly severe expression softened.

2.   Then his expression softened once more.

3.   He smiled reassuringly and for a moment his expression softened.

4.   And suddenly he smiled, his expression softening as he reached out to brush her cheek with a long brown finger.

5.   But as he rushed to her aid, her anguished expression softened.

6.   Her expression softens, and they speak quietly in Albanian for a bit, and then we are called away.

7.   Then her expression softened.