"It is not unpleasant." Which is saying a lot. He knows he will be able to survive here and although it will be a a shift in what he is used to he doesn't think his day to day will be too jarringly different.

"It is hard to be here given what needs to be done back home but there is no choice."

His expression is normally stoic but it drops very slightly at the mention of home. He knows he has to endure but that doesn't make it any easier, especially given how he left things.