And for the moment that the kid was grabbing his arm, Stephen just stared at him, not sure at the point what the kid wanted. Well, he wanted food, Stephen was pretty much aware of that, but he wasn't sure he wasn't going to try anything daft. Like trying to mug him. Well, it was a bit of a cruel thing to assume, since the kid looked so pathetic, but that was life right now. People tended to be pretty shit if given the chance.
Stephen shook the kid off the moment he let go of him. He was about to say something when he realized he would have been heard, so he went up close to the kid again and said, "I know." He was about to walk away again, when he realized he should have just walk away from the kid as fast as he could because now he felt a little bit obligated to him. He sighed and said to the kid, "Come with me," before walking off in the other direction, towards where he'd come from in the first place.