Watching Niki pick up one of the leaves he had dropped made Theo feel oddly protective of it, at least until Niki started to tear it up at which point he just wanted to do the sam. He too selected a leaf and began tearing spaces into the place between it's veins.
"Yes." he said, sounding indignant. "I know, I... I know but I won't tell." he didn't look up from the leaf but this last sounded a little defensive.