[There are few better ways to pique the First Jade of Lan's interest. He enjoys all manner of art, and is quite keen to see what Nie Huaisang has drawn.]

I have. There are a number of shops selling supplies in the Willful Machine. Some familiar and some I have never before seen in my life.

[He just barely manages to hide the excitement in his voice as he glides over for a look. Briefly he glimpses some of the more... creative doodles, before Huaisang's sleeve covers them up and it gets a lift of his brow and a quirk upwards at the corner of his mouth as if to say Saw that.

But he is not his uncle and this is not the Cloud Recesses. He's very tempted to put on Lan Qiren's affect, however, and demand Huaisang copy the tenets a few hundred times.]

Huaisang has always had a good eye for composition. ...And anatomy.

[There it is, the smallest of smiles and a glint of mischief in his eyes.]