Read? Alone, generally, in a well-lit room. Or a slightly dimmer one. You know, when he was in it for the articles.

"Yes and no. I'm playing the 'sensitive eyes' card back home. I start asking for glasses without a tint, that's the end of that." It was actually a surprisingly reasonable excuse, from where Nick was standing. "... Guess that doesn't matter as much here. Could just announce on the radio I've got death-eyes and people would wonder what the hell it matters. Favors I'm calling in are still from LA, though."