He smiles wryly as she laughs behind her hand, seemingly not too bothered by her laughter. He likes to hear that more than anything else - people laughing, happy. Smiles had been the entire reason he'd gone to war with Earth and the Alliance and anyone else who got in his way in the first place. Restoring the smiling faces of L2 that he'd used to see before the war had been the most important to him.

Odd noises still make Duo bristle a little, stopping every once in a while to stare intently where he'd heard movement moments before. Despite the fact that he'd been out of war for a little while, he still somewhat lacked the ability to stand down. A blessing and a curse all at once, really. "Less of a reputation around here than at home, really." He shrugs, not minding it. Not having to watch his own back too closely here is kind of.. freeing.

"I uh... I got my mobile suit, went to Earth. Fought in a war." That's a very succinct way to say it, and he's unsure how she'll react, considering he's so young, but, anyway..

"Much more eventful than living at the orphanage, really."