Memorizing Things: Not As Hard As It Sounds Вђ“ Azmath -

Suddenly, the numbers shifted in Leo's mind. The vault door wasn't a wall of steel; it was a staircase. Each step was a perfect square. He began to walk. For the next hundred digits, he didn't see figures; he saw a forest where the number of leaves doubled on every branch. For the next hundred, he heard a melody where the pitch corresponded to the decimal of Pi. He wasn't memorizing; he was touring .

Leo looked back at the first ten digits: . "Still just numbers," Leo sighed. Memorizing things: not as hard as it sounds – AZMATH

"You don't need to be a computer," a voice rasped. It was Master Kael, the oldest librarian in Azmath. "You just need a map. Memorizing things is not as hard as it sounds, Leo. You’re just trying to swallow the ocean in one gulp." Suddenly, the numbers shifted in Leo's mind

"Look closer," Kael nudged. "1 squared is 1. 2 squared is 4. 3 squared is 9. It’s a path of squares." He began to walk

"It’s impossible," Leo whispered, staring at the cascading stream of digits. "I'm not a computer."