Let’s look at how to visualise these squares. First, we should note the direction our axes go in: i varies from the left to the right, and j varies top-to-bottom. The drop-i square is constant in the i direction, but in the j direction, it’s p. This manifests in the diagram as having refl for both of its vertical faces: on the left, we’re looking at p(i0)=a not varying along the vertical axis, and respectively for p(i1)=b on the right. For the drop-j square, the situation is flipped, since we’re now ignoring the horizontal direction.
the squares seem to be flipped wrt to their description, i.e. horizontal vs vertical