Detached from the Narrative

As a supreme author-tier villain who wears this thing, its insulating, enveloping effect serves to keep him detached and distinct from the narrative field which he terrorizes. In his absence, it seems I'm "unwittingly" using it to envelop the narrative itself, starting now. It's almost like the story is now wearing the coat. And as a result, he's managing to stake a sort of claim over it. As if to say, this is mine, or intrinsically consists of me and my evil desires. The story is keeping my coat warm until I'm able to fill it physically. And now is also the moment where Doc is beginning to become more aggressive in directly pulling the strings on the story to bring about the emergence of his master. It seems like poor AH here doesn't know what he's doing when he's doing this, but clearly I did. This is about as illustrative as anything of the fact that there's a significant difference between AH the character and AH the author.

-Book 6 page 72