"One way of looking at things, I suppose. Cheap but also inconvenient." Akito sipped the tea. It was also cheap. "I'm almost surprised she didn't encourage you to think of it as an opportunity to go out and do your duties in the hallways more."

Akito feigned thoughtfulness, "Well, a glass frame is possible. It'd be cheaper to patch that up than to increase the heating or have to go to the effort of finding new DC members because they froze to death when winter comes. For printers, I'm afraid you'll have to argue with the tech club for printer privileges, we're staying out of those matter this year. Now as for a tennis racquet...how should I justify that to our esteemed treasurer?"