it catches him off just a tad, because in spite of alois feeling rather moody that ciel had gotten to leave in the first place (don't worry; all's forgiven now that he has claude—and luca), he's been really elated to meet with ciel again since claude mentioned his arrival. ]
You never showed me around that handsome house of yours like you promised. [ somewhere along sharing this, he's leaned more forward, keen and smiling. ]