[ It's not that he isn't aware that she has to be, on some level, judging him - judging everything around here, pompous as it is. Zeon likes showing off its wealth, it likes claiming from old Earth culture of aristocrats to assert its superiority. The Zabi mansion radiates this philosophy. ]

Well, I haven't lived here in a while. I'm busy with work in our military after all.

[ Which largely means living in a really nice hotel as he commands an occupation, uhm. ]

And before that there was the military academy dorms... It's nostalgic to be back here.