Niki glanced to one side. And then to the other. And then gave Anabel a queer look as he tried to figure out who he should be there with, if not alone. "Well," he began, but had to give it a bit more thought before he continued. "Well," he started again. "My cousin, he doesn't like it when I transfigure in the house." Braxton hadn't said much on the subject yet, but Niki could tell.
"So I came out here. Because there's lots of space." And then if any of his transfigurings 'escaped', well, they wouldn't be in the house, now would they?
He furrowed his brow and looked at her more closely, trying to figure her out. "You. You went to Hogwarts," he decided. Really, that was the only place he knew people from. Well that and the parties he had gone to with his Mum and Dad, back before the War, before his father ended up in Azkaban and Niki ended up... well, as he was now.