A somewhat roguish look appeared in Adrien's eyes. "Well, I was thinking of another word --".

"-- Bullshit?".

Adrien burst into an exuberant, irrepressible, zestful sort of laughter - it shook his entire body, and he had to quickly bend down to grab the book as it attempted to slide off his thighs. "Thank you!", he exclaimed between breaths, "that's -- that's exactly --!".

Valerion laughed with him. He lifted himself from his seat and slightly turned his armchair towards Adrien, then sat down again. "Which part are you reading?".

"The one about the -- the alien wars", Adrien said, covering his mouth with one hand as he giggled.

"Oh, that one", Valerion said, rolling his eyes.

Adrien chuckled. "It's so weird how the previous parts are so interesting and reasonable and -- and then, all of a sudden, bam!" - he bent his head downwards sharply, as if slamming at full force into an invisible wall - "this train of bullshit just comes out of nowhere!".