Steppenwolf Transformation Quotes

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Quote #10

And as he spoke and conjured up a cigarette from his waistcoat pocket and offered it to me, he was suddenly Mozart no longer. It was my friend Pablo looking warmly at me out of his dark exotic eyes and as like the man who had taught me to play chess with the little figures as a twin. (683)

Pablo holds the record for changing from one character to another, especially in the Magic Theater. Why do you think that he, whom Harry disliked and thought of as simple before, turns out to be the guru in the end?