That little touch of confirmation - it's the kind of small motion that she'd get at home, from 5, or 2, and it's encouraging. She smiles, she nods acknowledgement, and reaches up to grip his arm in return. "I knew someone like that."

But now he's got her thinking about her the situation here, and so far she hadn't really met anyone that was necessarily 'in charge'.

"Is there a leader here?"