"You’ve got most of a day to kill before we leave for China," Richard said, once they had made it out onto I-5. He had adjusted to the cultural thing now, so he didn’t say "a few hours to relax" or "freshen up" or "recover from the flight," any of which would have been construed as Richard implying that John was not up to the stress of modern airline travel. Just "kill" implying that things really weren’t moving fast enough for Richard’s taste. "My condo is just down the street from the office, so you can go there and take a shower if you want, get on the Internet..."