Oh, interesting. Previously, with the initial 'let's work together' practicality, Huaisang had taken the teenager for an every-man-for-himself survivalist. Now that he's gathering information and organizing support, even for something like a message board, he seems more like a general. Huaisang likes that. He finds it reassuring, and he's interested to see how much this guy can do. No one has ever or will ever mistaken Huaisang for either survivalist or general or anything like it.

But he's actually a much better bureaucrat than he often likes to admit, and this new general is probably going to need that. And Huaisang's not committing to anything or putting all that much faith in this guy's results. But. No one else has yet tried to organize the group to maximize their chances (that Huaisang's aware of). Their newly proposed leader gets points for that alone.

"Okay," Huaisang agrees, eyes wide and earnest. "I can look for that." 'Find: paper' is a task well within his capabilities.

He gives the new general a polite bow, and even accords him the respect of making it approximately the depth of bow that he would give someone of approximately his own rank of nobility. (Which is not, perhaps, all that deep, since Huaisang almost always prioritizes friendly enthusiasm over precise formality.) "Nie Huaisang of Qinghe greets you."