Gilmore could read the disappointment in Vax's tone, and there was something a little hard in his gaze as he glanced at Vax, then looked away, a little moment of something he couldn't seem to hide. You chose this, he wasn't saying. You don't get to be sad about it now.

"I told you, I'll sleep when I'm sleepy," he said with a chuckle, as breezy and unruffled as ever. "I don't know what you think is happening, my dear Vax, but I'm hardly going to keel over where I stand. I thought I'd explore until dinnertime, then eat something. Perhaps seek out a library or bookstore before heading back home."