"I'm sure you have something that I want."  Caelan told the lil brat.  "Take everything out of your pockets and let's see what you have."  He was glad they were in an alley because if anyone saw them, they would think he was robbing the lil boy.  Which Caelan begrudgingly admitted was exactly what he was doing.  

He wanted the sling shot.  But the kid obviously needed protection.  He had other enemies, not only him.  He was too small to really be able to defend himself.  If the leader of the boys had fought him, Caelan was pretty sure he would have kicked the lil brat's ass.  Should he just leave him alone, he wondered.   No.  Not at all.  Then memories from the night when he met the lil brat and his elder brother returned.  He almost hit Caelan with a stone from that sling shot and hit his brother.  Then he had something else in the sling shot and if he hadn't used his brother as cover, he would no doubt have hit him with whatever it was.  No, the kid needed to be taught a valuable lesson.