"A year," Berius blinked in confusion, "Ah, my prince your jesting with me, this is just a little bit of light reading, it shouldn't take you more than a week to get through all of it," he laughed and continued adding new books to the pile.
"Oh, yes this one is a great read,"
"Oh, and this one is so insightful,"
"Oh my, this one is so excellent lots of examples in here,"
"Oh, this one is written with such masterful penmanship,"
"Oh, and…"
On Berius the adapt Scribe went, with each new book he picked up he found something positive to say and added it to the growing pile in Lucian's arms.
Lucian's eyes twitched like something had snapped inside him, he dropped the pile to the ground and grabbed the largest book of the lot, it was a tough decision considering that every last one of them was at least a thousand pages long.
