"No, I guess not." If he had, they hadn't really wanted to help him and had just let him run off. Not very good friends, if you ask him. He shakes his head 'no' as she asks about the church and the other children. He supposes it's an obvious enough question to ask given what she knows already, honestly -

"Nah. I went there after they caught me stealing bread. Me and the others lived where ever people weren't running us out.. open air or abandoned buildings.. whatever worked for a sleeping place."