[But as there's something in her voice that tells him the subject isn't entirely a happy one, either (and it's easy to guess what moving all the time would mean to a child), so the change of subject is a welcome one.]
No, it isn't. It is almost like an enforced vacation, rather than a kidnapping. Those are usually... far less hospitable towards those who have been taken. [Even though his voice keeps it calm, conversational tone, there's an undercurrent there, as soon as he speaks of the usual kidnapping. Needless to say, he doesn't have many warm feelings towards those who run the human trafficking in Hell's Kitchen... even if the Russians are no longer in charge of it.]