As soon as he catches himself staring, and realizes just why, there's a flush and a stuttered cough. He'll have to remember that habit more often, and how it wasn't quite as broken as he'd like. But there's more pressing matters that the youth his face shines with when he's caught nibbling at his lip, so Russia presses on, "Have you a place to stay?"

His head tilts to the side, gaze somewhat blank and steady as he waits for the reply. Surely his other self has already secured a place to stay, he has trust in them to be able to achieve that much. But it serves a greater purpose. He wants to know where he is, wants to keep an eye out and watch how this other him moves and reacts to their life and the citizens around them. This is as much a test as all previous comments then, and he's certain that Russia knows full well that it is.