[Shiki frowns at his reply, trying to figure out of another way for her to get the boy to sit on the bench so that he could at least be comfortable. And, taking the natives' advice on needing physical contact, she could sit near him, her leg touching his until he felt a little better. She could drag him there but she's not quite strong enough to do that.
1/2
So she decides to do the next best thing.]