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Adrien couldn't help but chuckle and put down his book; he threw his head backwards on the headrest of the couch and leisurely stretched his arms, then turned towards his mentor, who was sitting on his armchair by the table, bent over a notebook on which he had been writing for a while. Valerion lifted his pen from the page and slightly tilted his head in the direction of Adrien, smiling.
"I just got to -- to that chapter", Adrien said, still giggling softly, "and yeah, you were right - some of these theories are, well --".
"-- Ridiculous?", Valerion continued, his smile now twisting at the corner of his mouth.