The acceptance made the boy's expression soften in relief, moving to pull out the chair to sit opposite. He eyed the material with an analytically eye, wondering exactly what could be made from things like that. Ah, if only he was a bit more creative.... The anonymous message on the bulletin board was clever, but nothing that could really be stated as an original work. Mikado cautiously reached for a blue piece of construction paper, wondering if he folded it a certain way, would it....

The boy glanced up at Tolten's reveal, eyebrows raising slightly. The sentence was actually rather obvious, despite not being finished. The man was grateful to the people here, wasn't he? Mikado nodded slightly in recognition of that. "Some people are really helpful and nice here. I've only met one person from where I'm from..." Who was helpful in his own way. And honestly had done nothing wrong but provoke a warning from Kida. "But when I moved, I didn't know anyone but my one friend. And I was really grateful to the people that made me feel welcome."

More than he needed to share, possibly, but Tolten seemed like he would understand that kind of impression.