Ezra doesn't know himself yet that he's really settled on this, but kids are good at acting on impulse, and this is what his heart wants him to do. Not realizing how close he'd come to tripped Garth'zel up, the little boy just clings a little tighter until the man's regained his balance.

"Uh huh," he says. "He... he says he's been alone a long time."