The libraries are pretty worth it, that's true. (Not that Rose would ever let Ryner decline any of these anyway, so he's become resigned to it in a way.)

"I guess we're just not allowed nice things," he grumbles in his habitual way as, without having to look at what he's doing, he opens his 'gear and raises it to snap a photo of one of the giant jellyfish things. For research purposes later. It's not like he trusts that the local scientists will make anything public, after all. "Not that that's anything new."

(Fuji would likely be proud of how steady his shot is.)