"Yep," Billy confirmed, stretching his limbs and moving to sit. As he did so, he looked around for any onlookers and checked the time (well, relative time). "I thought I was just going to rest my eyes. It looks like it's been at least 40 minutes," he observed, a rising level of distress in his voice.

"I guess I'm not cut out for this type of multitasking," Billy chided himself, shifting to reorganize the items. "But I was just about done, so it's not as bad as it could be."