Who does the narrator of the Satcharitra claim is the true force behind the storytelling?

The narrator of the Sai Satcharitra humbly suggests that they are merely a conduit for a higher power. As explained in Chapter 36, the author feels that the "playful Sai himself takes over and makes his own qualities heard by his devotees through someone." This passage indicates a belief that Sai Baba is the true agent, who loves his own stories and provides memories of them, using both the speaker and the listener as a pretext to fulfill the desires of his devotees. The narrator sees their own ego, or "I-ness," as something to be set aside for Baba's will to manifest through the narrative.