[he raises a hand and ruffles his hair a little, it feels a little weird to explain if only because Itsuki was on a ship with a bunch of other people in the same position as him. they hadn't needed to explain because it was something they were expected to know.]

Mm, it's hard to say... Not because I don't want to tell you.

[he looks a little -- sheepish? for a moment,]

I'm supposed to wait until I get assigned to a country, and then do whatever they tell me to do. I was in the middle of getting my orders before I got here.