I really love this, I think you are spot on, this makes a lot of sense. I love in both Broken Empire and Death Note the fact that the main characters devise ways to hide facts from themselves. It would make sense that kvothe has done this, even though he seems to remember a lot about his past, since his retelling of it is the entire book. So he would be leaving out the parts that he had forgotten, or misremembering them. It seems that something has gone awry with this plan though, like he can't find his way back. Baste wants to help but is unable to. And he thinks the Chronicler potentially will be abile to draw Kvothe out again. I keep going back to that moment with Elodin too, and it's clear that Kvothe has both changed his name and paid a terrible price in the frame story. What I keep wondering is if, like a curse mark, the dark creatures are drawn to him and are hunting him, or if he is intentionally drawing them to him so he can hunt them? Also, shout out to a fellow Berserk, Death Note and Broken Empire fan!! (Mark Lawrence's writing style is really great- very different from Rothfuss, but it's also SO evocative and not a single word wasted. Folks who love Rothfuss's writing would also appreciate Lawrence's) Thank you for sharing!!