Bardic Memory

William pummeled his forehead in frustration. "I’m never going to remember all this!"

"Bards have remembered it for a thousand and a thousand years," Mathilda said, gently implacable, "and a thousand times more than this besides."

"Bards have years to learn," he shot back. "You’re giving me days."

"Months," she said….

— Rite of Conquest, Chapter 8