[Lavi tucks his hand under his chin, then -- as if reciting something he's learned over and over again -- ]

'The Bookman observes and records the hidden history of our world. Without bias, without emotions -- they use their neutrality to write down and protect the truth.`

[then he cracks a quick grin,]

Bookman's my Gramps, and I'm his apprentice. I haven't learned a tenth of what he knows yet, and I started when I was a kid.