It's either along the lines of:
"All right, so I need this character to say this list of people in this exact order, and they'll hesitate before mentioning the last one. That way I can prime the reader to pay attention to it and also foreshadow the character's past involving that person 20,000 words in advance. Huh, I wonder why my word count for today is so low?"
or
"It would be cool if this character had laser vision. I'll give them laser vision. No time to think; I'm sure this won't cause any issues later on."