"He thought they took you. Hurt you," Niki explained as he climbed to his feet once again, not bothering to brush away the little bitds of dirt on his knees that came from the ground.
"What did you buy?" he asked nosily, noting that Greg had emerged from the store with a bag. Niki rocked on his feet, back on his heels and then up on his toes again, never quite good at keeping still.