[Look don't get petty at him about general library safety, he's been working at one since he was a teenager.]

I get the impression he rather likes the, uh. Personal touch he gets to put to it.

[He will make no comment as to imperialism, though, instead moving towards a desk he's ostensibly claimed as his own a short distance away.]

I can't imagine you came here just to interrogate about Nero, did you? [Please say you didn't, he doesn't want this to be his lasting reputation.] I-is there anything else I can help you with?