When Stan passed him to sit, Nicky skittishly moved backwards a few steps. No way he was going to let himself get close to Stan again, knowing that just a few minutes ago, he had been dangling upside down, stretching in impossible ways. "She didn't want to hurt you." He tilted his head to the side. "She loves you, you know." But maybe, in this case, love just wasn't enough. The thought was hanging in the air, even though he didn't say it out loud.