There's hardly anything special about it. Aren't all those desires that you've listed simply nothing more than facets of one's goal to live a comfortable life?

[Kind of just lifts a shoulder and shrugs as he says that. The desire for fame, to be rich, to be respected or even feared... at the end of the day, does it all not lead back to the simple want to be comfortable with where they are in their life? People are after all only dissatisfied with their position because they don't feel comfortable with it.

With all of that being said though, Alhaitham very much prefers this kind of conversation, without the need for theatrics and other such things, so maybe he does relax just a little. Like it or not Lyney is from Teyvat as well, and in this world where everything is unfamiliar and strange any little bit of what he does find familiar is helpful.]