"I have a terrible fondness of books. As a child, I learned much from my maester. Valyrian, for instance. From his books, I learned a great deal more."

He tried to feel proud of that fact, but the truth was, his work was sloppy. A true maester would scoff to see his work and then set themselves down to work it all over again. But Tyrion had made do. It was the best he could do, all things considered.