Unless I'm made to forget them like there's some kind of underlying force that would cause his memory to go haywire. She doesn't get it-not really, but if writing helps him feel comfortable, then so be it. She'll remember. Maybe save him a small section of temple wall to use when his notebook gets too full and he needs more space for his thoughts.

If he doesn't move the book away, she presses her finger against the paper and moves it across the page, making a tiny invisible circle. That's not what he means by patterns, at all, but she's doing her best okay?? Okay. "You can draw 'patterns' too. That's easy to do."