Richard was knee deep into a migraine which meant that the aspirin had obviously more than failed in doing its duty in making him feel better so he came into the room with the Captain with his attention more or less split between the fact that he was in pain and listening to the Captain, he of course did his best to hide his discomfort since he was skilled at hiding his emotions and such. But it was not drifting into this though since all it was taking was just a little bit of the lights above to make him wince and then sound was like taking a sledge hammer to his head with each passing moment. But he was going to stick it out through at least the briefing since he was a required officer on this kind of mission.<br/><br/>"Captain, I know that you would like to take the media and such but I feel that I should since I am the one officer most likely tied into the Federation so you and the other crew member...can better do your duty I will take on the headache of dealing with such things." Richard was straining just a little bit during his little request to the captain but he was somehow able to maintain his composure throughout it to hopefully be convincing enough for the Captain.