Seating might be a good idea. If it's practically a library, we should have places to do our reading comfortably.

[Anything would be better than the floor or isolating in their own room.]

Ah. [Welp.] That the last time I had to think of that was when I was leaving for England. And I asked you to join me. [Look, he mentioned it once. And lying or omitting it now would only serve to dig himself a very deep hole.]