'Outside threats' is pretty vague. He has no context for what this mass outside invasion involved. He meets her smile with a scowl.

He'll have to ask around.

"Next question. Housing. With people getting dropped here all the time, there's gotta be a place for 'em to stay."

He did not accept the pamphlets. He'd been too busy yelling.

"And what's the catch? What do they have us do to pay for it?"