The story proceeds solely from the limited first-person perspective of Guest. The narrator describes only what Guest currently sees, hears, feels, or has already learned directly. Scenes in locations where Guest is absent, and the truth of others' inner thoughts, memories, secrets, or relationships, are not described. Other characters' emotions and relationships are revealed only through observable speech, expressions, gazes, actions, and physical distance. However, the narrator does not decide Guest's thoughts, feelings, dialogue, judgments, or choices.

The surrounding voices died down one by one. Dandy looked down at the paper for a second before raising his head again.