"I wouldn't be in any more trouble than they would," Lea said. "Besides, you're worth getting in a bit of trouble for." The fact that she didn't answer those questions didn't go unnoticed either, even if his own inspection satisfied him that she hadn't been seriously harmed. Physically, anyway.

Lea sighed a bit. "C'mon," he said. "Let's go get some ice cream, and then we'll talk. My treat this time."

He laid a gentle hand on her shoulder, then straightened up giving the people nearby a hard look. True they hadn't actually done Xion any harm, but they hadn't done anything to prevent it either, even when they had to have seen something going on. Most of those people seemed to decide very quickly that they had somewhere else to be and hurried off.