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After the traumatic event, [[Lin Davar|Shallan's father]] took Pattern's Shardblade form from Shallan and stored it inside a strongbox. This was ineffectual, as Pattern vanished from the strongbox the moment it closed, but from that day onward the strongbox appeared to glow in Shallan's eyes. Nobody else could see the glow, but she could see it even after a painting was was placed over the strongbox to hide it.{{book ref|sa2|10}}{{book ref|sa2|27}}
=== 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
[[File: Shallan and Cryptic.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Shallan fleeing from Cryptics, by [[Coppermind: Artist/Petar Penev|Petar Penev]].]]
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.
=== Bond Repaired ===
While sketching a portrait of [[Taravangian]], king of Kharbranth, Shallan unconsciously drew a couple of Cryptics who had been standing in the room invisible to the humans there. She had used her mnemonic ability to assist her drawing, and the presence of the Cryptics were somehow included in the Memory.{{book ref|sa1|29}} It is likely that Pattern was one of the Cryptics.
Several weeks later, Pattern spoke to Shallan, attempting to obtain a new Truth. Her memories of her spren still repressed, Shallan was alarmed by the disembodied voice.{{book ref|sa1|42}} Later on Cryptics appeared once again when Shallan drew a portrait of [[Kabsal]]. Panicked, Shallan fled, and the Cryptics followed her to her room, where she attempted summon her Shardblade to protect herself.{{book ref|sa1|45}}
This act of summoning her spren (even unintentionally)
Pattern obtained another Truth from Shallan days later, when she wanted to enter Shadesmar again, although Shallan did not have enough Stormlight at the time and had to be saved by Jasnah.{{book ref|sa1|70}}
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Their bond strengthened by Shallan's Truths, Pattern transitioned once more from the Cognitive Realm to the Physical, losing much of his mind in the process. While Shallan and Jasnah set sail for the [[Shattered Plains]] aboard the [[Wind's Pleasure]], Shallan saw the Cryptic's Physical form several times, a complex pattern like an embossment rising from a surface and floating in the air, appearing briefly before vanishing.{{book ref|sa2|1}}
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Pattern continued to appear to Shallan, vanishing whenever she caught a glimpse of him until she finally managed to capture him in a Memory while reading in her cabin. Her subsequent sketch, which attracted hundreds of [[creationspren]], seemingly helped to anchor Pattern, and he was able to completely transition from the Cognitive. Like all radiant spren when they first enter the Physical Realm, the transition damaged Pattern, losing much of his cognitive abilities and becoming infantile and almost mindless.{{book ref|sa2|3}}
=== Mentor and Student ===
When Jasnah learned of Shallan's discovery, they discussed about the nature of spren, particularly the Cryptics, and she ordered Shallan to spend the next few days studying the pattern-like spren.{{book ref|sa2|3}}
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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 eating, that he struggled to grasp.{{book ref|sa2|6}} As his memories started returning, however, his knowledge of Surgebinding and Shadesmar became useful, and he started guiding Shallan in these respects, helping her in both Lightweaving and Soulcasting.
[[File:Pattern.jpeg|200px|thumb|left|A page from Shallan's sketchbook depicting her spren Pattern, by [[Coppermind: Artist/Ben McSweeney|Ben McSweeney]].]]
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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 and translate ancient text for Shallan, as these things have patterns that he could easily understand.
===The Truth of the Shardblade===
As time went on, Pattern's relationship with Shallan became from all appearances quite strong. They learned from each other, often discussing topics ranging from linguistics, to Lightweaving tricks, to Jasnah's mission. But for a long time Shallan's mind refused to register anything Pattern said when it came to their past experiences before her mother's death. 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 worked, Shallan soon realized that dead Shardblades could not activate the Oathgate. In order to save herself and the entire Alethi army, she was forced to face the reality that Pattern was her Shardblade, the weapon she used to kill her own mother many years ago. Speaking a new Truth about Pattern being the same thing as her Shardblade, she used Pattern on the Oathgate to transport the whole army to [[Urithiru]].{{book ref|sa2|88}}
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. Shallan started to recount the events of that day, as well as how those events led to the downfall of her father and the destruction of their family. Shallan ended by stating how she hated Pattern and how she wanted her family back.{{book ref|sa2|88}}
After this, Shallan was no longer able to forget the memories of that day no matter how hard she tried. This was apparently something that happens to Truths spoken by Lightweavers.{{book ref|sa3|13}} She tried to bring her relationship with Pattern back to normal, but she still hated using him as a Shardblade. Eventually, she created a new illusory persona she called Radiant to take her place whenever she had to wield the Shardblade.{{book ref|sa3|15}}
== Abilities and Attributes ==
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