It’s not! It’s all parallels and symbolism, if you check in frequently while reading you’ll notice when these characters “accidentally” step into the roles they’ve written. In the main characters story, he’s written himself as the person who orchestrated everything, and he frequently states that he believes he has a leash on the ML. But as soon as you switch perspectives, or as soon as the MC has a mental breakdown, you are persistently reminded that he has never been the one in control, and the actual story that they’re following is the MLs story in his part of the reality- melting, hammering, melting again when hardened, melting, and painting over in complete black once the process has been finished. Hence the main character being dressed up in all black and being highly uncomfortable. It’s interesting to note all the spots where he stops resisting the story being set and starts playing into it and the times where his conscience is flaring up. The thesis of the story seems to be whether you can extract something real from fiction, and I guess we’ll get an answer soon in the ensuing chapters!
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I have even more to say on how I think the MLs sculptures resemble his mother (they’re all hanging ceiling pieces) and how I’m pretty sure that the ML is recreating his relationship with his dead mother and placing the MC in the role he himself used to fill, but I hope this helped!!! :D
I'm so confused bro what....??? Is it saying this entire time it's been roleplay and he's always known he agreed to it with a contract or did he have amnesia for some reason???