lightreads

This is something that made perfect sense to me when I was a kid, actually... let's see if I can unpack the child-logic -- Rowlands has earned the right to (potentially) remember because he's lost so much in the service of the Light, whereas the Drews haven't really lost anything. I think (at least in my head, at the time) it was an outgrowth of the idea that suffering leads to, or can be a gateway for, greater understanding. (Which, of course, isn't always true, but I suppose it is for Rowlands, as indicated in the text by his wisdom in realizing he can't choose this particular thing...?)