I swear to the Fates I wish I ... [ Adrien began, before he stopped himself.

Okay. That sentence was not helpful to anyone, and suggested defeat without trying. ]

Honestly, patterns. Trying to find symbols that have some sort of regularity throughout the entire text. You start with them and then build from there.

[ No wonder you and Courser get along so well. ]

I can be alarmed. Just, probably no one wants to see what genuinely alarms me.