Theo took a moment staring at Ernie before he could respond to anything he was asked, finding it hard to absorb what he was being told. He visibly started at a sudden sound on the street and didn't recover from the startle as quickly as he should have done. He'd half turned towards the sound and his attention was still drawn that way when he turned to speak to Ernie. The world swam a little as he turned his head making him temporarily dizzy, leaving him reaching out to grab at the doorframe.
"I, I-" he stammered, shivering and then stumbled in towards Ernie, making for his door and just about avoiding crashing into the man himself. "Can you hear that, can you, can you hear that?" he asked, his eyes wide and the whites showing like a dog backed into a corner. "He get's so angry." he said in a hushed voice and it sounded scared but young.