Who is considered the actual narrator of the stories in the Sai Satcharitra, according to the text itself?

Chapter 36 makes it clear that the human author is merely a vehicle for a higher power. The writer expresses humility, questioning their own authority by stating, "What authority do I have?" and consciously setting aside the "I-ness" or ego of the speaker. The text then reveals that "the playful Sai himself takes over and makes his own qualities heard by his devotees through someone." This indicates that Sai Baba is the true, underlying narrator. He is the one who provides the memories and orchestrates the telling of the stories, using the writer and the listener as a pretext to fulfill the spiritual desires of his devotees, as explained in Chapter 36.