The student lounge was where Richard preferred to do his academic reading, which was extremely difficult since he had been told to read it. He strongly disliked books being forced upon him as homework, and any distraction would have been welcomed at that point to alleviate him of such a boring situation.

"Of course, I don't think that a bunch of people are going to wander in here to watch television again," he muttered as he flipped the page. Who knew that reading a novel about a guy trapped on an island could make him want to fall asleep?