But, Amos...Harry is not a mere projection of me. Once on the playing field he becomes autonomous. That is true of all my characters. They are born as an idea, but they grow independently from there according to their own desires which arise spontaneously out of their very nature.

The reason Harry has walked out, for instance, is simply that THAT IS what Harry would do at this point, regardless of convenience to you, me or the rest of us here.

Shane, on the other hand, would tell you to flip right off.