Andrew let out a hearty chuckle and shook his head and Lux' question. "No, believe it or not, most of these are textbooks that I need to read all the way through by the end of the week." He explained, looking through the stack, which contained a grand total of 16 thick, heavy, leather bound tomes.

"All eight of these," he said, indicating the eight books that formed most of the stack. "Are the textbooks." He lowered his indicating finger to the 9th book down to the 13th and spoke again. "These five are all on subjects I need to know more about for my extracurricular activities."Finally indicating the bottom three books, he smiled and looked up at Lux again. "These three are just for fun."

Rose, showing as little interest in Andrew's book stack as could be expected of a cat, was spending an awful lot of effort trying to clamber up onto Lux' shoulder. She was quite an acrobatic animal, and would often spend hours just sitting on Andrew's shoulder. Finding Lux' shoulder appropriately comfortable, she had just settled in a comfy, yet precarious position next to Lux' head when Andrew finally finished speaking. There she snuggled herself up to the girl's ear, slung over her shoulder. "She definitely likes you." Andrew grinned.