"The books make you all out to be sympathetic. A lot of it is from Harry's point of view and he's grateful to have you all helping him."
It was a strange thing being fiction-yet-not-fictional, something that could be easily uncomfortable. In some ways, it was reassuring to him, because he'd always suspected that out there, somewhere, his life was a TV show.
But it was a little alarming and strange, too.
He looked at the floor, blinking a few times.
"You're all important. You matter. More than most people do in most stories."
Even more than he did. Or Jeff did. Or any of his friends did. They were all equally important to their particular narrative but a sitcom wasn't a fantasy adventure book. The fate of the world wasn't on the line - just sometimes the fate of the school.
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It was a strange thing being fiction-yet-not-fictional, something that could be easily uncomfortable. In some ways, it was reassuring to him, because he'd always suspected that out there, somewhere, his life was a TV show.
But it was a little alarming and strange, too.
He looked at the floor, blinking a few times.
"You're all important. You matter. More than most people do in most stories."
Even more than he did. Or Jeff did. Or any of his friends did. They were all equally important to their particular narrative but a sitcom wasn't a fantasy adventure book. The fate of the world wasn't on the line - just sometimes the fate of the school.