I think so. This way, the quest giver can read it whenever they want.

[ Ryoji takes the journal, and flips through until he finds an empty page. Hmm. This is where he falters, though, because how to start writing about his childhood? He remembers very little of it, and his existence was kind of unorthodox to begin with. Seven months, he'd said, but his actual time in the world might have only been an hour if awake back to back.

Oh well. Basic things first. ]

"I was born in Iwatodai, Japan."

Hmm... I wonder what sorts of things they want to know...