I am confused by something and I was wondering if someone has an answer would be great. It seems as though Patrick is the only one in the story that Roland (maybe Susannah) talks about in the future sense. When they find the paintings in the Fedic office of the Crimson King killing Arthur of Eld, they see the name Patrick so when they meet him later they say that it's hard to believe this boy will one day paint these awful paintings.
This confuses me, I don't think they talk about anyone else in this way. Wouldn't he just be different level of the tower Patrick not a future version of Patrick who would be forced to make these paintings? Or a younger Patrick forced to make them for Dandelo who would sell them to the King?