The reality of the situation was barely sinking in, and sitting down - sitting down in a couch that sank just a little bit lower than he'd expected, and forced him to lose his rigid posture - did little to make him feel more grounded.
Up until this morning he hadn't known the full implications of what it meant to be a father. They were young and vulnerable and knowing that they felt, too - he was under no illusion that they might have the same... uneasiness as he did being here.
"Do you have family here?" he asked, wondering if leaving Mary O'Brien behind meant that Errol had found someone else, wondering if it would be any less painful for him to hear what had happened to her.