As Ernie got closer to her, he blinked at her when she jumped away.  "Sorry, didn't mean to scare you!  You literally ran right past me so fast, I thought there was like someone chasing you or something."  Though looking over the evidence she offered, he took a moment to ponder the situation, at least mimicking it.  He saw her eyes looking over him, and his looks were something he tended to use to go unnoticed.  "The... the Gagger?"  Ernie slowly frowned at her as she rambled on.  "Okay calm down.  This is a good part of the city, I've never heard of the Gagger doing anything around here."<br/><br/>Pondering his position, he wanted to interrogate her a little bit, just in case.  "Are you sure it was him?  What did he look like?" he asked, narrowing his eyes a bit as if he wanted to believe the girl, but was concerned she was overreacting.  "Maybe it was a joke?  I've seen some high school kids running around with duct tape.  They think it's funny to imitate the Gagger, like he's some bigshot hero or something."  In the end, he shrugged.  "I'm sorry miss, I didn't mean to offend you in any way.  Here, you can use my..."  As he pulled out his phone, it also lacked reception.  "Well god dammit..."