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{!{character
|image=Pattern Animation.gif
|species=Cryptic
|world=Roshar
|books=[[The Stormlight Archive]]
}}
{{quote
| I know that you have forgotten much of what once was. Those lies attracted me. But you cannot continue like this; you must admit the truth about me. About what I can do, and what we have done. Mmm... More, you must know yourself. And remember. You wish to help. You wish to prepare for the Everstorm, the spren of the unnatural one. You must become something. I did not come to you merely to teach you tricks of light.
=== Retreat Into Shadesmar ===
The state of distress and shock caused by the incident with her mother led Shallan to resent Pattern and suppress her memories of him, causing Pattern to retreat mostly back into the [[Cognitive Realm]].{{wob ref|
[[File: Shallan and Cryptic.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Shallan fleeing from Cryptics, by [[Coppermind:
Despite having been forgotten, Pattern remained secretly by Shallan's side. When she departed from her family's estate to seek out [[Jasnah Kholin]], Pattern followed her. In [[Kharbranth]], he and other Cryptics watched over Shallan, although she could not see the spren directly as they were in the Cognitive Realm.
From then on, Shallan and Pattern started studying each other and learning from each other. With his mind still recovering from his transition into the Physical Realm, Pattern was initially quite child-like in both speech and thought. Shallan taught him various concepts that were alien to him, like the concept of eating, that he struggled to grasp.{{book ref|sa2|6}} However, he started learning, and as his memories and intelligence slowly returned, his knowledge of Surgebinding and Shadesmar became useful, and he started guiding Shallan in both Lightweaving and Soulcasting.
[[File:Pattern.jpeg|200px|thumb|left|A page from Shallan's sketchbook depicting her spren Pattern, by [[Coppermind:
Throughout their journey towards the Shattered Plains, and even afterwards, both Shallan's handling of her Lightweaving powers and Pattern's understanding of human behavior slowly grew with each other's assistance. Aside from Surgebinding, Shallan found creative ways of utilizing Pattern's unique nature, from espionage{{book ref|sa2|15}} to trickery through voice mimicry.{{book ref|sa2|34}} Pattern also found that he could disengage locking mechanisms{{book ref|sa2|52}} and translate ancient texts{{book ref|sa2|47}} for Shallan, as these things have patterns that he could easily understand.
===The Truth of the Shardblade===
Although Pattern and Shallan's relationship seemed healthy, there were several problems. First, because of the events of the [[Recreance]], Pattern believes that Shallan will one day break her Oaths and kill him
For a long time, Shallan's mind refused to register anything Pattern said that had anything to do with their past experiences together before her mother's death, as she was actively suppressing those memories. She also insisted to herself that her Shardblade needed ten heartbeats to summon just like most Shardblades at the time, refusing to associate the Shardblade with Pattern even when she was in grave danger, as when [[Tyn]] was attacking her{{book ref|sa2|36}} or when she and Kaladin encountered a chasmfiend.{{book ref|sa2|71}}
Upon discovering the [[Oathgate]] in the ruins of [[Stormseat]] and finding that a Shardblade was required for it to work, Shallan soon realized that dead Shardblades could not activate the Oathgate. In order to save herself and the
Once they had all moved into the ancient city, Pattern executed a plan to make Shallan say a powerful Truth, believing that Shallan needed to be stronger now that the [[Desolation]] has come. He convinced [[Adolin]] to give Shallan a room that resembled the room where her mother died. When Shallan entered it, he covered the room in an illusion of the death scene. Understanding what she had to do, Shallan started to recount the events of that day,
After this, Shallan was no longer able to forget the
== Abilities and Attributes ==
== Notes ==
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