"- Yeah. I'm going to - try." Because he has to.

Because no one else will...

But he can't make any promises that he'll succeed. Obviously. He watched his parents give empty reassurances, and fail, over and over. He's done with that. 

"- You were going to tell me about making a memory palace?" 

"Yes. I think you're good at it-- it's all about visuals."

He walks Masozi through the process of imagining a location he knows well, associating things he wants to remember with memorable images, and placing them in the location he knows well.

"So, you see, if you're looking for food-related characters you look in the kitchen--"

This is such an amazing concept!

Masozi has a very good visual/spatial memory, and in particular he has a SUPER detailed mental map of all the streets and alleys in the district of Lilongwe the capital city of Malawi, and also all the paths near the shores of the lake. And he listens so incredibly attentively, and watches Lan Xichen with so much respect...

He has a PROBLEM.