According to Chapter 36, what is the role of the narrator or speaker when conveying Sai Baba's stories?

Chapter 36 explains that the narrator is merely an instrument for a higher purpose. The author humbly questions their own authority, stating that the 'playful Sai himself takes over and makes his own qualities heard by his devotees through someone.' The chapter emphasizes that the speaker's ego, or 'I-ness,' is set aside. It further clarifies that Sai Baba makes both the listener and the speaker a 'mere pretext' to fulfill the desires of the devotees. This suggests that the human narrator is simply a humble vehicle through which Sai's divine will and grace flow to the audience, purifying both the speaker and the listener in the process as mentioned in Chapter 36.