"I am practicing," he replies with mock primness, angling his chin at the neat stack with a pleased grin. "Still figuring out if I can manifest them with stuff already written on them, but I'm definitely getting, you know, more control and such."

It's useful. Maybe not life-saving or tremendously utilitarian, but handy in a pinch if he needs to write anything down. And the scissors really did come into good use in the last dream.