Nat was about to think the guy was an odd duck as long as he was holding her on and not calling the police.  That would call for a different kind of action, there were some that kidnapped kids and she did not leave London to end up in that situation.  Though about then the man loosened up on her wrist and the words made her think he might be letting her go soon, so she waited and listened for her option to get away.

"They wanted to put me in an orphanage, and I heard about those and so I hid.  Now, I travel.  When a place get lean on jobs.  Well, got bored with them and wanted to see other places like in the books in the shops."  She liked reading books.  She stole a few to read, and in that house where she spent the winter there had been a library. "I find empty places and make a nice place to stay."  She didn't go specific as she didn't want him to know where she would be.