Introduction

So then -- shall we continue the narrator’s opus magnum? Though why am I being modest -- now it’s MY work! Especially after I changed the number of chapters! Let him gnaw his elbows now and wonder what he did wrong. As always, the story will be written by the winner.

I’m overflowing with inspiration from the fact that You’ve stayed with me all this time, despite the narrator’s departure! By now You already understand -- I’m better! I know more about literature than he does! Literature is what makes you shake. What leaves your mouth dry, your throat tight, your fists clenched ... Literature is when something is said that it would be vile not to say. In fact, I think You’ve already guessed that it is YOU who decides which of us is right -- me or the narrator. And I’m glad that, one way or another, Your choice falls in my favor, even if only passively, even if it shows itself merely in the fact that You have not truly rebelled against the change in ownership of the Story. The narrator reached his peak in the Story. And from the summit every path leads downward. That is where I was waiting for him...