Natalia you have NO idea. You don't need leverage on this guy. You don't need to make sure it's small. In time you will learn it is almost embarrassingly easy to get Kalim to do stuff for you.

For now, though –

"Awesome, thanks!"

When she turns round, he's like halfway stepping towards the back of a dumpster, but he pauses, like something has only just occurred to him – it would be really bad to transform in front of someone who knows him personally and might tell his parents, but transforming in front of a random stranger... is also no good!

"Oh, um," he rubs the back of his head sheepishly, "are you gonna...stay there...?"