At first his question caught her off guard, mainly because she wasn't used to people actually paying attention to what she said half the time. "Society's standards, maybe. No one's trying to outright persuade me to make my apartment more 'acceptable' or anything, but there's still that unsaid expectation - like from your clients, for example." She paused, drumming her fingers absently on the tabletop. "I suppose it's different for you and I, because no one aside from friends see my place and they don't really care what it looks like, but it's still out there. The trick is to become impervious to what people think, which is easier said than done." She knew she was starting to ramble, and stopped herself with a shrug. "Luckily it's just hard, not impossible."
She nodded, thinking that it was actually a relief that their floor was so quiet. "We're lucky, but I'm not complaining. It's bad enough that we have to deal with insanity coming directly from the building without all the personal drama that goes on." Even though she hadn't quite managed to stay out of all that entirely, she'd never been the center of attention like Boyd or the man in R1. When he mentioned not being able to do anything else, Hannah tilted her head slightly to the side, trying to see if she could picture him as anything other than a businessman - some people were easier to label than others. Xavier fell into the latter category, though. "That's a different way to look at it. Most people are just concerned with how much money they can make for themselves." She shrugged, although she couldn't help but smile. She did like her job, after all. "It is rewarding, although most people tend to give me this look of pity because they think I make next to no money and I'm bankrupting myself for a bunch of animals." A roll of her eyes showed what she thought of that.
"I don't mind, really. It's nice to have actual conversation every now and then instead of just typing over the forums all the time." It was a lot easier to read people in person than through a computer screen, too. Still, she studied the spread before choosing a sandwich and taking a bite.