Well, that's an interesting shift in expression he catches. It seems this lieutenant's not entirely on the same page as much of his race. Felix has seen that sort of diffidence before - Altmer legionnaires, irritated Nords, 'city' Orcs... everyone has their disagreements with kin. Even he does, in his own small way.

"How many places are welcoming of outsiders?" he asks breezily with a shrug of his own. If that's an odd perspective for a Federation citizen, it really doesn't occur to him. "It's rather the same for me, of course. Even if I had time to go traveling back to the old colony I'd have practically no-one to visit. Most of my family are on travels of their own." He laughs then, waves a hand at the bizarre architecture and even stranger crowds around them. "Besides, it's hard to think about going home when there's so much exploration to be done."